Another teen wounded only days after fatal shooting
Two days after a teen was gunned down in Abbotsford, another young man is in hospital, the victim of a Sunday shooting.
About 4 a.m. on Sunday, calls to 911 said shots had been fired in the 2700-block Mitchell Street; Abbotsford police found an 18-year-old male on the ground, suffering from gunshot wounds.
He was taken to hospital and as of Monday morning was in good condition, Abbotsford police spokesman Const. Ian MacDonald said.
Carolyn Jorgensen lives nearby and said she heard the shots. “I live on the other side of (Old Yale Road) behind Ellwood shopping centre, so I didn’t see anything,” she said. “Just woke up to about six or so shots fired in a row. I sleep with my window open and am a light sleeper.”
Witnesses told Global TV the victim was suffering from wounds to his legs and lower body. A man said the teen refused an offer of help and was trying to flee when police arrived. The young man is known to police and they don’t believe the shooting was random. Police have yet to identify him.
Later Sunday, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team identified the teen who died in Friday’s shooting as 18-year-old Jaspreet Sidhu.
“Too many young men are dying as a result of gang violence. Parents please intervene and talk to your sons,” Abbotsford police Deputy Chief Andrew Serr said Friday via Twitter, after news broke that Sidhu had died.
Sidhu was from Abbotsford and was also known to police. They say he was involved in gang activity. His shooting isn’t believed to be random. He was shot in the 32000-block Oriole Crescent around 3:15 p.m. on Friday.
He was driving a Chrysler 300 and — despite suffering from serious injuries — managed to turn onto George Ferguson Way, but a short distance down the road lost control and crashed into a residential building.
According to the Abbotsford News, Sidhu exclaimed, “I’m dying, I’m dying!,” as he was being tended to by medical personnel before being taken to hospital.
The suspect in Friday’s shooting is male, 5-foot-11, of medium build, wearing black pants and a black-hooded sweatshirt, with his hood covering his head, and wearing sunglasses. He was seen fleeing south on foot.
The IHIT said Sunday that no connection had yet been found between the two shootings.