Targeted attack under investigation in Burnaby
Posted October 5, 2016 3:06 pm.
Last Updated October 5, 2016 4:45 pm.
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BURNABY (NEWS 1130) – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene of a murder in Burnaby.
This afternoon, Mounties were called to a business North Road Centre on the Burnaby-Coquitlam border.
Police officers were seen filing in and out of Cho Won Health Food in the complex.
IHIT says the homicide appears to be targeted, but no arrests have been made. Investigators have confirmed the victim is a woman, but we don’t know her age or name. Witnesses are being asked to call the IHIT tip line.
Crews are expected to be on scene for the majority of the afternoon.
The building’s owner told NEWS 1130 there was a crime involving someone who worked in the store and he saw the shop owner’s daughter crying outside this morning, but police haven’t confirmed those details.