China News Service, March 11. According to Canada's "Sing Tao Daily" report, four years ago, a 15-year-old Chinese boy surnamed Huang was killed by a stray bullet.
Vancouver police said on March 9 that after a lengthy and complex investigation, police arrested a suspect in Ontario and charged him with two counts of second-degree murder.
The case occurred at about 9:15 p.m. on January 13, 2018. After sharing dinner with their parents in Vancouver, the two brothers surnamed Huang returned to Coquitlam in the same car.
While passing by the intersection of E. Broadway and Ontario Street, the teenager surnamed Huang, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, was hit by a stray bullet from a street shootout and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment two days later.
One of them, Kevin Whiteside, a 23-year-old Vancouver man who was involved in the shootout and was shot, was also pronounced dead in hospital.
In addition, a 30-year-old driver who passed the scene was injured by a stray bullet, but fortunately did not suffer serious injuries.
"This is a long and complex investigation, with the department's most experienced detectives gathering evidence across the country," Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer said at a news conference Wednesday.
"Investigators have questioned hundreds of witnesses and processed thousands of pieces of evidence," Palmer said. "It took police four years to get results, but we always believed that day would come."
The Vancouver Police Department has always believed that Whiteside was involved in a gang fight, and he came to the area that night and planned to kill Navas-Rivas, a 28-year-old man.
Whiteside was shot and killed by another gunman as they left the restaurant while Rivas and his girlfriend were dining at a nearby restaurant.
After an in-depth investigation, Vancouver police arrested a suspect named Kane Carter in Ontario on Tuesday (8th) and charged him with two counts of second-degree murder and a second-degree murder in relation to his killing of a teenager surnamed Huang and Whiteside. count of causing serious injury to another by shooting.
He was also charged with shooting with intent to kill Whiteside.
Palmer has pointed out that the case involves the worst gang violence in Vancouver in the past 10 years.
He said he would like to thank the family of the young man surnamed Huang, "thank them for their patience throughout the investigation process. This is the most difficult time in their lives, and I hope this arrest will bring them some comfort."
The parents of the teenager surnamed Huang did not accept media interviews, but issued a statement thanking all those who participated in the investigation.
"They have made unremitting efforts and fulfilled their commitments despite the difficulties of the epidemic," the statement said. "We are optimistic that the police will be able to bring those involved in the crime to justice. We also hope that the misfortune of our children will be a change in the fight against gangs in Metro Vancouver. A catalyst for violent methods and hope that similar incidents will not happen again in the future.”
Palmer emphasized that he also hopes to remind criminals through this matter that no matter how long the police spend, no matter what obstacles lie ahead, they will definitely pursue violent criminals to the end.
(Zhang Yu)