Two men injured in latest Surrey shooting

Premier Christy Clark promised more action on gun violence Wednesday after two men were injured in the fourth Surrey shooting in four days.

Clark was questioned in Victoria by Surrey NDP MLA Sue Hammell, who said the daily shootings are “becoming a sad and frightening norm in Surrey.” She noted that Solicitor General Mike Morris had said that Surrey RCMP had surveillance teams “following gang members around day and night.”

“Where were those surveillance teams that were looking over the shoulders of the gangsters last night when Surrey marked its 32nd shooting so far this year?” asked Hammell.

Clark responded by saying her government takes the issue “extremely seriously.”

“We need to take the time to add to the strategy on guns and gangs, which we have deployed over the last several years. ... But we need to do more, because the people of Surrey need to know that when their daughter or son walks home by themselves from a soccer game, that they are going to get home safe,” she said.

The latest shooting happened about 11 p.m. Tuesday at a deserted house in the 7700-block of 155th Street. Surrey RCMP arrived at the scene to find one man with gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital in stable condition.

Another man wounded in the same shooting showed up at a hospital in Vancouver for treatment.

Sgt. Alanna Dunlop said the second victim’s injuries were also not life-threatening.