‘Not the intended target’: Surrey woman shot in bed as extortion violence climbs
‘Not the intended target’: Surrey woman shot in bed as extortion violence climbs
A woman shot while sleeping in her Surrey home early Sunday morning is now believed to be the first injury linked to an ongoing wave of extortion-related violence in the city, police confirmed.
The overnight shooting happened just before 3 a.m. on Oct. 12 at a residence with several people inside.
According to the Surrey Police Service (SPS), multiple shots were fired at the house from a vehicle, with one hitting the victim while she was asleep in bed. The suspects fled the scene moments later.
When officers and paramedics arrived at the scene, they delivered life-saving treatment to the woman, in her mid-20s, who suffered a critical gunshot wound.
Her condition has since been upgraded to serious but stable.
“We do believe at this time it is linked to extortions,” said Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton with Surrey police.
Police say the woman does not appear to have been the intended target, and investigators are now working to determine why the home was attacked.
“One of the primary questions our investigators are looking to answer… is why this house specifically may have been targeted … and if it even was the intended target,” Houghton said.
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