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IHIT confirmed it has taken over the investigation into the shooting, which happened at 7 p.m. near 13th Avenue and 6th Street.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called out after a shooting in Burnaby Saturday left a man dead.
IHIT confirmed it has taken over the investigation into the shooting, which happened at 7 p.m. near 13th Avenue and 6th Street.
Passersby tried to help the injured man, but IHIT said that after being taken to hospital, he “has since died of his injuries.”
Burnaby RCMP said in an earlier tweet to “expect a police presence in the area as we continue to investigate.”
Video showed the wounded man lying on the sidewalk at a bus stop as those trying to help him shouted for water, oxygen and assistance.
A driver posted a dash cam video of his vehicle travelling on 6th Street that appears to capture the murder. A person dressed in black fires several shots into the doorway of a business, then attempts to flee, but trips on the street outside. The building houses a martial arts academy and a vape store.
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A surveillance camera image sent to Postmedia and time stamped 6:57 p.m. showed the suspect wearing a blue surgical mask with a gun in his hand.
IHIT posted a Twitter message looking for all video and photos of the shooting.
After the shooting traffic in the area was jammed as police searched for a suspect vehicle.
There has been a rash of deadly shootings across the Lower Mainland in recent weeks. Several have been in busy public places like mall parking lots, crowded parks or the Vancouver waterfront.
Most of the shootings have been connected to the Lower Mainland gang conflict. Though the murder a week ago of correctional officer Bikramdeep Randhawa, who was not known to police and well-liked by his co-workers, remains a mystery.
And the shootings of two women — Keryane Arsenault, 20, who was killed May 4 at her residence in Surrey, and a 25-year-old woman injured in Burnaby May 2 — are not believed to be linked to the conflict. Charges have been laid in both women’s shootings.
On May 3, a 28-year-old man with links to the Lower Mainland gang conflict was seriously injured in a shooting outside Toys ‘R’ Us in the Willowbrook Mall.
On April 30, a 19-year-old man arrived in a Surrey hospital about 1:30 p.m. with a gunshot wound. He subsequently died of his injuries.
On April 21, long-time United Nations gangster Todd Gouwenberg, 46, was killed in a targeted shooting as he arrived at the Langley Sportsplex to work out with a trainer.
Two days earlier, 20-year-old Bailey McKinney was shot to death in a Coquitlam park.
And on April 17, high-profile Brothers Keepers gangster Harb Dhaliwal was gunned down outside Cardero’s restaurant in Vancouver at about 8:30 p.m. The alleged hitman, Francois Gauthier, was charged after someone in the Dhaliwal group chased him and stabbed him in the eye.
More to come …
kbolan@postmedia.com
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