Man hospitalized after targeted shooting in Surrey’s Whalley area

A man was taken to hospital after a shooting late Friday in Surrey’s Whalley neighbourhood, Surrey Police Service says.

Officers were called to a residence near 88 Avenue and 127 Street at about 11:44 p.m. and found a man with a gunshot wound. The suspect had left the scene, police said. BC Emergency Health Services transported the victim to hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.

SPS said the shooting is believed to have been targeted and is not believed to be connected to extortion. Its major crime section is leading the investigation.

Anyone with information or dash-camera footage is asked to call SPS at 604-599-0502, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or visit www.solvecrime.ca, quoting file 26-83549.