RCMP are investigating an early-morning shooting in North Surrey.
On Friday (Jan. 2) at around 12:30 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of 111 Avenue and 160 Street.
The person who reported the shots fired also advised police that there was a distraught man at the door, a release noted.
RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit members arrived on scene and found and detained the man. Police also found bullet casings and damage to two vehicles and two homes.
No injured people were located, the release said.
SPOSU’s General Investigation Unit has assumed conduct of the investigation.
Motive is still being investigated; police could not yet say if the incident is thought to be related to the ongoing extortion crisis.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact Surrey Police Service’s non-emergency line at 604-599-0502 and quote file number 26-153 (SU) or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.