Police have found a suspect vehicle connected to a deadly shooting in Richmond last Thursday.
Video footage revealed the suspects for the shooting were in a black 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe parked on the west side of the 8100 block of Minler Road “in the hours leading up to the homicide,” said Sgt. Timothy Pierotti, Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) spokesperson.
Police were called to the scene at 5:45 p.m. on July 27 in response to reports of shots fired on Minler Road near Blundell and Gilbert roads.
A Richmond resident, 37-year-old Ravinder Samra, died from gunshot wounds at the scene. Samra was known to police.
Shortly after the shooting, a car was found engulfed in flames on Blundell Road near Highway 99. The car is suspected to be connected to the shooting and the incident may be related to the B.C. Gang Conflict, according to IHIT.
Police are also looking for more witnesses.
“Investigators have learned that multiple pedestrians were walking on Minler Road in the time leading up to the homicide,” said Pierotti.
“We’re asking anyone who was walking on Minler Road on the afternoon of July 27, 2023, who has yet to speak with police, to contact IHIT immediately.”
Any witnesses, or anyone with dashcam video who drove on Minler Road on July 27 between 12 and 6 p.m., or the area of the 12000-block of Blundell Road between 5 and 6 p.m., are asked to contact the IHIT Information Line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at [email protected].
