Weekly Surrey Shooting updates (Feb 8 - Feb 14) - Weekly count: 1 shooting || YTD: 26 shootings

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A new week, a new start to the Surrey Shooting thread

Not a whole lot of shootings last week. But quite a bit of media chaos.
(and perhaps the few people arrested may have been the only ones doing it?)

Last week's shootings (Count: 2 shootings): https://freecanada.win/threads/35314/

 

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SHOOTING / ARSON -- Day 1 of the week. Maple Ridge chaos !! (about 20 mins drive from Surrey)

Maple Ridge community rattled after shots fired, cars set ablaze at suburban home

Police are investigating two vehicle fires on a Maple Ridge driveway and gunshots fired at a home.

vancouver.citynews.ca

archived: https://archive.today/JeMQt

more details:

VIDEO: House shot up, vehicles torched in Maple Ridge - Maple Ridge News

Police say no injuries in early morning incident

mapleridgenews.com

archived: https://archive.today/V8oUA

Police are investigating two vehicle fires on a Maple Ridge driveway and gunshots fired at a home.
“I heard three big bangs. I thought it was maybe fireworks going off. It was really strange,”
The bullets hit a child’s bedroom, with neighbours expressing disbelief that an incident like this could take place on their sleepy suburban Street.
...while the community gathered around the burning cars, members of the family were distraught, saying they had no idea why this was happening.

 

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NEWS -- Surrey Police Services use their newly allocated funding to make public awareness videos

Police in Surrey start social media campaign to dissuade people from getting involved in extortion crimes

The SPS says it has published a series of videos on social media, aiming to reach people who are being lured into committing extortion-related crimes.

vancouver.citynews.ca

archived: https://archive.today/UXf6g

He encourages people who do get approached to walk away and contact the police.
“It is not worth the money, and if you are approached, say no and then contact the police, and then we’ll investigate it further,” Pollock said.
“There is a risk of getting arrested depending on your status in Canada. There is a risk of getting deported. There’s a risk of getting injured,” Pollock added.

Since this is not a South Asian problem, I'm sure these videos aren't geared towards the Punjabi community in general.
If anyone can find one, please post it here.

 

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OPINION -- Letter to the Editor: Need stronger immigration laws

LETTER: Toughen up Canada’s immigration laws for extortion suspects - Surrey Now-Leader

Refugee claims are an ‘absurdity,’ this writer says

surreynowleader.com

archived: https://archive.today/NlTW3

The disgusting absurdity of reading about a dozen or more foreign nationals caught shooting up our neighbourhoods and threatening our citizens with their lives being able to apply for refugee status in our country as a resident is beyond belief and cannot remain an option for anyone caught doing so.

 

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NEWS -- Surrey Mayor still begging for help in Ottawa

Surrey mayor discusses extortion crisis during ‘productive week’ in Ottawa - Surrey Now-Leader

No word on a declaration of a state of emergency after Brenda Locke met with feds

surreynowleader.com

archived: https://archive.today/PrdYr

On Friday (Feb. 6), she met with federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and the Secretary of State for Combating Crime, Ruby Sahota, to discuss the extortion crisis.

A news release from the City of Surrey noted that Locke made “a formal request for the appointment of a commissioner for extortion violence against Canadian,” but it did not say if she had asked again for a public safety emergency to be declared.