Man shot to death inside vehicle in Burnaby ‘targeted incident’: IHIT
Posted February 4, 2021 12:10 pm.
Last Updated February 4, 2021 4:35 pm.
BURNABY (NEWS 1130) – Another shooting in the Lower Mainland left one man dead inside his vehicle Wednesday night.
Mounties say they found the body of 32-year-old Chris Kenworthy after responding to a call of gunshots on Portland Street near Byrne Creek in Burnaby at about 8 p.m.
Photo of 32yo Chris Kenworthy – victim of last night's fatal shooting in #BurnabyBC pic.twitter.com/ielPGKxAyN
— IHIT (@HomicideTeam) February 4, 2021
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team’s Sgt. Frank Jang says the man was known to police.
“We believe that this was a targeted incident,” he says. “With respect to motive, it’s much too early to speculate on that, but we’re going to have to dig a little deeper.”
Jang adds it is also still too early to know if Kenworthy’s death is connected to other gang-related violence around the Lower Mainland.
“When we look at our victim’s name, it doesn’t jump out at us. It’s not as familiar to us as perhaps some of the names of victims of homicide we’ve seen recently,” he says.
Kenworthy had been visiting family before he was shot, Jang says.
Police say there isn’t any risk to the public.
This comes as Surrey RCMP investigate a shooting in a home Wednesday morning around 7:30 a.m. that left one woman dead and a man hurt. Police don’t believe this was a random act either.
Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT’s information line at 1-877-551-4448 or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
-with files from Sonia Aslam
