Killer’s detailed hit list contained 15 potential targets: police
Individuals and businesses across Lower Mainland identified
The targets on killer Angus Mitchell’s hit list included two schools, six people, a group home, two restaurants, a coffee house and three other businesses, RCMP revealed Wednesday.
The former security guard had a total of 15 targets that spanned seven Lower Mainland cities.
“We cannot put a number to the potential fatalities that could have come from Mr. Mitchell’s premeditated plan as many of the businesses were highly populated,” said Sgt. Jennifer Pound, with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
Mitchell, 26, was killed May 30 in a shootout with police in Maple Ridge after he shot three people — killing two of them — in the previous two days.
Police will not provide the names of the people or businesses on the list, with the exception of those they believe Mitchell had targeted before his death.
Police say Mitchell shot two people at the Burnaby sushi restaurant on May 27, killing Vivian Huynh and owner Andy Tran, who was not on the list.
Then, two days later, he is suspected of shooting his former landlord in Burnaby, who was seriously injured but survived.
“The list is not a typical list with numbered names within,” Pound said.
“It is more of an individual workup for each individual and each business with home addresses, maps of individual’s homes and escape routes. We know his plans were methodically thought out and prepared for each target.”
Pound said police continue to investigate what conflict Mitchell had with the targets on the list, which was found inside the suspect’s van.
The people and business owners have been told they are on the hit- list, and RCMP hope interviews with them may shine some light on Mitchell’s motive.
“Some of them are quite shocked and fearful that they are on this list,” Pound added.
Police said Tuesday there were only 10 targets on the list, but Pound explained Wednesday that investigators increased the number after examining it again.