<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ‘Trebuchet MS’; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Just after 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 2<SUP>nd</SUP>, emergency crews were called to the 400 block of East 54<SUP>th</SUP>Ave. They were responding to a call of a man found injured in the street. <!xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ‘Trebuchet MS’; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The man was rushed to hospital, but died as a result of gunshot wounds.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ‘Trebuchet MS’; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The victim is 19 year old Pritpal Singh Virk, a <!xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w_st="on"><st1:place w_st="on">Richmond</st1:place></st1:City> resident.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ‘Trebuchet MS’; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The investigation is very active. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ‘Trebuchet MS’; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Physical evidence has been gathered, as well as a number of people in the neighbourhood have been interviewed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ‘Trebuchet MS’; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The first homicide in 2007 was Feb 11<SUP>th</SUP>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>