Homicide team called in after man shot, killed in Coquitlam
Posted May 22, 2021 7:20 pm.
Last Updated May 23, 2021 11:20 pm.
COQUITLAM (NEWS 1130) – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on scene in Coquitlam, after a deadly targeted shooting.
IHIT confirmed reports of a shooting in the area of Henderson Avenue and Hart Street, just north of Highway 1 and Brunette Avenue before 6 p.m, in which a man was gunned down.
IHIT is in Coquitlam this evening after a man was gunned down near Hart St and Henderson Ave around 5:30pm in what is believed to be a targeted shooting.
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) May 23, 2021
Neighbour Lennie Olafson says they heard three or four shots at around 5:27 p.m.
I'm at Hart and Henderson right now where there is a LOT of police tape up and a heavy @cqrcmp presence. @NEWS1130 @citynewsvan pic.twitter.com/XnYO7ntTQx
— Ria Renouf ???? (@riarenouf) May 23, 2021
“I went to go out to the alley, to walk down and check it out, and there’s a body lying in the alley,” she says.
A yellow tarp can be seen laying next to a white SUV, with the front passenger side door open.
Olafsen says while from time-to-time there may be stolen cars that show up in the area, she has never seen anything like this.
“I know a few of the neighbours and it’s getting less and less. I’ve been here 20 years – I don’t know any of them anymore. I know a handful and that’s about it. But we usually take a walk down the alley to go walking, and thank God we didn’t go down here,” she says.
Other neighbours say they heard a few “pops”, and say it was just another quiet day in the area before this happened.
Okay. Able to talk to another neighbour who agreed to be recorded. She pointed out to me a yellow tarp on the ground behind police tape, and a car with a door or two open in the alley. "I assume it's a body." Says she heard shots around 5:30p. #CoquitlamBC @NEWS1130 @CityNewsVAN
— Ria Renouf ???? (@riarenouf) May 23, 2021
NEWS 1130 has reached out to Coquitlam RCMP for comment.
– With files from Ria Renouf
