Taking pictures in Canada's Vancouver | 3 killed, together with gunman: Police | World News

Three folks together with the suspected gunman have been killed in a collection of shootings early on Monday within the Canadian province of British Columbia, police stated.

Police stated taking pictures within the metropolis of Langley, a suburb of Vancouver, began round midnight and that 4 folks have been shot by what was believed to be a lone male gunman. Two males have been discovered lifeless and one other man and a girl have been injured. The girl is in essential situation in hospital.

Police stated the shooter was wounded after they positioned him and he was shot lifeless on the scene by officers.

"We're nonetheless investigating to find out if the gunman had acted alone. Whereas the investigation is ongoing, all indications are that there was no one else concerned and there's no additional ongoing risk to public security," Chief Superintendent Ghalib Bhayani of the regional Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)drive stated at a information convention.

Taking pictures occurred at at the least 5 totally different areas all through the Metropolis of Langley and the Township of Langley. Police had requested the general public to stay out of a number of areas, together with the parking zone of a on line casino and a bus cease.

Authorities had issued an emergency alert for a number of shootings involving "transient victims", which led to strategies the victims have been homeless.

However Sergeant David Lee from the RCMP's murder investigation staff stated he couldn't verify the victims have been homeless and officers have been nonetheless attempting to find out if they'd any relationship to the gunman.

The shooter and the victims have been recognized however the police haven't launched that data.

The alert described the suspect as a white man in overalls and a camouflage T-shirt.

A Reuters witness noticed two black SUVs, just like these utilized by police emergency response groups, in a ditch close to one of many taking pictures websites. One automobile had bullet holes within the windshield.

A number of shootings are a lot much less widespread in Canada than in america. Canada has stricter gun legal guidelines than its southern neighbour, although Canadians are allowed to personal firearms so long as they've a license.

Considered one of Canada's worst mass shootings happened in 2020, when a gunman driving a faux police automobile shot 13 folks and killed one other 9 in a fireplace he set in Portapique, Nova Scotia.

Whereas Canada's gun murder price is lower than one-fifth the U.S. price, it's larger than that of different wealthy international locations and has been rising, based on Statistics Canada.

In Might, Ottawa launched laws to implement a "nationwide freeze" on the sale and buy of handguns every week after a gunman killed 19 youngsters and two lecturers of their classroom in Uvalde, Texas.