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Shooting victim dined at Langley restaurant just prior

Surrey RCMP release picture of Ravinder Samra at Cactus Club in Langley. He was shot just after and is uncooperative, say police.
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Surrey RCMP have released this picture of Ravinder Samra, 28, (in the white T-shirt) entering the Langley Cactus Club on Saturday night just prior to him being shot. He is being uncooperative and is alleged to be in this drug turf war in Surrey.

A 'very' uncooperative shooting victim was dining at the Langley Cactus Club just prior to Saturday night's gun fight that put two in hospital, said police.

During a press conference with Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and Surrey RCMP on Monday, police released pictures of one of the shooting victims.

Ravinder Samra, 28, is shown (in the white T-shirt) entering the Langley restaurant and dining there with another man.

This is the second time Samra has been shot since this on-going low level drug trade turf war began in Surrey, said police.

Samra remains very uncooperative with police, said Surrey RCMP Sgt. Dale Carr.

They are hoping that anyone who was at the Langley Cactus Club and may have information relating to Samra could give police a call.

On Saturday night, RCMP responded to the 18600-block of Highway 10 shortly after 10 p.m., after receiving reports of shots fired.

Officers didn't find anyone injured at the scene, but found evidence of shots fired and two homes that had been struck by bullets. The RCMP was later called by a local hospital that two men had arrived with gunshot-related injuries, described as non-life-threatening.

According to RCMP, both men were being treated and the hospital was put on lock down as a "safety precaution."

Investigators believe this shooting is related to the on-going turf war in Surrey, bringing the shootings to 18 in total. On Friday two men were shot during a drive by of a home. The home owner is known to police.

In the Saturday night shooting, police are still looking for the silver Pontiac Vibe last seen fleeing from the area westbound on Highway 10 immediately after the shooting.

Police have seized the light coloured SUV thought to be connected to the shooting and are obtaining a warrant to gather evidence from inside.

Anyone with information on any of the shootings is asked to call the tip line at 604-915-6566 or, if you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

 



Monique Tamminga

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Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the Langley Advance Times.
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