Update: August 23, 2024
Vancouver – Vancouver Police are investigating an overnight homicide in the city’s Sunset neighbourhood.
Officers were called to East 63rd Avenue and Inverness Street just before 9 p.m. on July 26 for reports of two men shot in a vehicle, which then collided with two other vehicles. One man was taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The second man, Hitkaran Johal, 25, died at the scene of the collision.
A vehicle was set on fire near East 63rd Avenue and Prince Edward Street shortly after the shooting. Investigators are working to determine if this fire was connected to the shooting.
No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing. Investigators believe this shooting was targeted and there is no ongoing public safety risk at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call VPD’s Homicide Unit at 604-717-2500.