• 2015 Sixty people were murdered or died under suspicious circumstances

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    METRO VANCOUVER -- From a gangland execution in North Delta Jan.
    2 to the slaying of a man in Maple Ridge on Dec. 19, the year
    has been a busy one for Lower Mainland homicide investigators.

    Sixty people were murdered or died under suspicious
    circumstances in 2015 in the region stretching from Whistler to
    Chilliwack, according to data compiled by The Vancouver Sun.

    The violence started early in the year when gangster Arundeep
    Cheema was gunned down in the driveway of an associate in North
    Delta. Like many other gang cases, his murder remains unsolved.

    “It remains an active investigation but there have been no
    arrests at this time,” Delta Police Acting Sgt. Sarah Swallow
    said Wednesday.

    The region’s largest murder squad — the Integrated Homicide
    Investigation Team — opened 39 files in 2015, with the number of
    confirmed victims or suspicious deaths totalling 43.

    IHIT’s Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said not all of the cases have been
    made public.

    “In some cases these files are not confirmed homicides or didn’t
    require public notice,” she said.

    Vancouver Police had 15 victims of homicide in 2015, the highest
    number since 2011. There were just nine murders in the city in
    2014, six in 2013 and eight in 2012, Const. Brian Montague said.

    Charges have been recommended or laid in 10 of the 2015 deaths,
    Montague said.

    VPD’s unsolved cases from the year include the fatal stabbing of
    Scott Singh, 24, and Tony Pelletier, 37, at the West Hotel on
    March 14 and the gangland shooting of Duy Ly Nguyen on Sept. 27
    in a crowded shopping plaza at Oak and King Edward.

    Also unsolved to date are the back-to-back murders on July 26
    and July 27 of 15-year-old Jason Nguyen and 20-year-old Samir
    Mokhtar. Both were targeted.

    IHIT investigations this year have already resulted in charges
    being laid in 15 murders.

    In other cases, like the tragic May 7 murders of Emily Janzen,
    her mother Laurel and aunt Shelley, the suspect is dead. Her dad
    Randy confessed on Facebook to the triple slaying and was later
    found dead.

    Other suspects were arrested but released, and haven’t yet been
    charged.

    Ashton thanked the public for aiding investigations by providing
    critical information.

    “As a result of the support we receive from the public, our
    investigators are often able to move forward to reach charge
    approval and that was the case in many of our files from 2015,”
    Ashton said. “However it is also one of our biggest challenges.
    Sometimes for any number of reasons people don’t want to talk
    with the police. It is our goal to continue to foster positive
    relationships with the public so that they can see the benefits
    of supporting our investigations.”

    In many of the region’s murders, police have possible motives
    from day one.

    But in other cases, they have appealed for people to come
    forward if they have any knowledge about a murder.

    Earlier this month, IHIT asked for witnesses in the targeted
    Nov. 21 murder of Surinderpal Hehar, a community volunteer and
    dad to young children. He was gunned down minutes after getting
    picked up at his Surrey home for a night shift on the docks.

    Ashton said that “a motive for this murder has not been
    established,” even though it was targeted and Hehar, 47, was the
    intended victim.

    Murders in the region are investigated by different agencies,
    depending on where they happen.

    IHIT probes all cases in cities with RCMP detachments, as well
    as those in New Westminster, Port Moody and Abbotsford, working
    with their municipal forces.

    Delta Police and Vancouver Police investigate murders within
    their boundaries while the VPD helps West Vancouver Police with
    its homicide files.

    No murder was more shocking in 2015 than the fatal shooting of
    Abbotsford senior Ping Shun Ao on a sunny summer evening Sept. 2.

    The 74-year-old was in the side yard of his family’s Abbotsford
    home on Promontory Court when he was struck by a bullet meant
    for a neighbour caught in a local gang war.

    No charges have yet been laid in the murder, which shook the
    Fraser Valley community.

    Land title records show Ao’s family sold their house just weeks
    after the murder and moved away.

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    Metro Vancouver homicides in 2015:

    Jan. 2: Arundeep Cheema, North Delta (Delta PD)The 24-year-old
    Surrey resident was shot while seated in his vehicle in the
    driveway of a North Delta home he was visiting. Police said
    Cheema was known to them and the attack was targeted.

    Jan. 6: Jeffery Scott Nasa-Dyke, Vancouver (VPD)The 49-year-old
    man’s body was discovered at an apartment near Triumph and
    Nanaimo Street. A man living in the home was found by patrol
    officers near Wall Street and Dundas. He was taken into custody
    without incident. Kenneth Conrad Izzard, 29, was charged with
    manslaughter. The accused and the victim were known to each
    other and the homicide appeared to be drug related.

    Jan. 12: Stuart David Ellis, Chilliwack (IHIT)Fraser Valley
    Mounties were called to a car crash on Hazel Street and found
    the 39-year-old lone occupant of the SUV had been murdered. The
    Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said it was a targeted
    attack.

    Jan. 20: Damon William Campbell, Whistler (IHIT)The 45-year-old
    Port Coquitlam resident was found unresponsive in a hallway of
    the Aava Hotel in Whistler after an altercation. He died after
    police arrived. IHIT is investigating his death, while the
    Independent Investigations Office is looking into the actions of
    an officer at the scene.

    Feb. 11: Lorne Joseph Melting-Tallow, Vancouver (VPD)The 49-year-
    old man was found bleeding and unresponsive about 4 a.m. on a
    sidewalk in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. He was the city’s
    second homicide of the year.

    Feb. 15: James Enright, Burnaby (IHIT)The 27-year-old North
    Vancouver man was stabbed to death as he tried to help his
    friend during a scuffle at the Edmonds SkyTrain station in
    Burnaby. Police were called to the station at 12:47 a.m. in
    response to a report of a fight. They found an injured man, who
    was taken to hospital, but later died. Police said “this was a
    situation where Mr. Enright was in the wrong place at the wrong
    time, he died because he tried to help someone.” Jesse Evan Ali
    Sellam, 22, was charged with second-degree murder and 18-year-
    old Taitusi Funaki Vikilani faced charges of manslaughter and
    assault causing bodily harm.

    Feb. 19: Trevor Johnson, Abbotsford (IHIT)The 35-year-old man
    was stabbed to death at a gas station in Abbotsford. The victim
    was taken to hospital with critical injuries at about 10 p.m.
    Police arrested 30-year-old Abbotsford resident Thavone Junior
    Carlson, who faced a charge of second-degree murder in the
    incident. The victim met the suspect at the gas station, a fight
    broke out and Johnson was allegedly stabbed.

    Feb. 23: Alexander Renney, Richmond (IHIT)The body of the 20-
    year-old Surrey resident was found near a business in the 14000
    block of River Road in Richmond. Police said the victim was
    likely targeted.

    Feb. 27: Michael Donald Amy, Surrey (IHIT)The body of the 34-
    year-old Abbotsford man was found in an SUV in the 9500-block of
    139th Street just before 10 a.m. Police didn’t believe the
    incident was random. Police said 44-year-old Donald Lyle
    Salahub, wanted Canada-wide for violating his parole when he
    disappeared from a halfway house in February, was a person of
    interest in Amy’s death.

    March 1: Vladimir Shevalev, Vancouver (VPD)The 80-year-old man
    was found dead in his Coal Harbour apartment. Police initially
    believed the death was a result of natural causes, but later
    determined it was a homicide. The victim’s son, 19-year-old
    Alexander Konstanovich Shevalev, was charged with manslaughter.

    March 3: Crystal Rose Paul, Vancouver (VPD)The body of the 36-
    year-old mother of five was found in the basement suite of a
    home on East 22nd Avenue near Main Street. Her spouse, 42 year-
    old Daniel Alphonse Paul, has been charged with second-degree
    murder.

    March 14: Scott Singh and Tony Pelletier, Vancouver (VPD)Singh,
    24, and Pelletier, 37, were killed in a double stabbing at the
    West Hotel in Vancouver. The younger man died at the scene and
    the older man in hospital.

    March 27: Salamawit Girma, Surrey (IHIT)The 25-year-old was
    found dead after a stabbing in a home near 127th Street and 103
    Avenue in Surrey.

    March 29: Unidentified man, Burnaby (IHIT)The man was killed in
    a stabbing in Burnaby and a suspect in the slaying died after
    being shot by police. Mounties discovered the dead man in a home
    in the 6100-block of 14th Avenue just before 6 a.m. They also
    found two other men inside the home and attempted to arrest
    them; one man was shot during that encounter.

    April 3: Minh Thanh Doan, Vancouver (VPD)The 37-year-old man was
    found suffering from serious head injuries in an east Vancouver
    parking lot. He later died in hospital. A suspect has been
    charged.

    April 16: Elmer Libertino, Burnaby (IHIT)The fatally injured 33-
    year-old man was found lying in the middle of the intersection
    of Moscrop Street and Smith Avenue. Mounties came across the
    body while on patrol in the area shortly before 3 a.m.

    April 13: Elaine Leznoff and Kalvin Dosanjh-Leznoff, Richmond
    (IHIT)The 66-year-old woman and her 13-year-old grandson died in
    a fire in Richmond. Her son-in-law, and Kalvin’s dad, Surjit
    Dosanjh, has been charged with second-degree murder. Dosanjh had
    been estranged from his family and was not residing in the home
    at the time of the fire.

    April 17: Eleanor Anthonysz, Mission (IHIT)The 33-year-old died
    in a fire in her mobile home in the 9200-block of Shook Road in
    Mission. Two children were taken to hospital. Walter Ramsey, 42,
    was charged with one count of first-degree murder, two counts of
    attempted murder and one count of arson for allegedly setting
    the trailer home on fire.

    April 19: Arun Paul Singh Bains, Surrey (IHIT)The 22-year-old
    was fatally shot before 3 a.m. near 88th Avenue and 126th Street
    in a dispute linked to a violent clash between young drug
    dealers and a series of earlier shootings. The young man was the
    nephew of Surrey-Newton MLA Harry Bains.

    May 2: Gang Yuan, West Vancouver (WVPD)The 42-year-old was
    killed in a violent confrontation at a British Properties home
    at 963 King George’s Way. Li Zhao, a West Vancouver man, was
    charged with interfering with a body and second-degree murder.
    The charge of interfering with a dead body is connected to
    allegations Zhao cut up his victim after death.

    May 7: Emily and Laurel Janzen, Langley, and Shelly Janzen,
    Aldergrove (IHIT)Randy Janzen confessed on Facebook to killing
    his 19-year-old daughter, Emily, his wife, Laurel, and his
    sister, Shelly. He said he shot Emily in the head to relieve her
    of her chronic, debilitating pain and depression. He claimed to
    have shot his wife Laurel because “a mother should never have to
    hear the news her baby has died”, and then he killed Emily’s
    aunt to spare her the “shame” of his actions. Shelly, 53, was
    found dead in her home in Langley. Randy Janzen later was found
    dead.

    May 10: Cady Quaw, Surrey (IHIT)The 23-year-old woman died in a domestic-related homicide in Surrey. Her husband, Gordon
    Alexander David, also known as Alex David, 34, was charged with
    manslaughter and aggravated assault in her death.

    May 10: Guiseppe (Joe) Bengey Zecca, Abbotsford (IHIT)The 38-
    year-old Abbotsford man was found lying in the middle of Lonzo
    Road, west of Sumas Way. Andre Provencal, 23, was charged with
    two counts of assault with a weapon, uttering threats and
    possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Shiloh Davidson
    was charged with second-degree murder.

    May 17: Luka Gordic, Whistler (IHIT)Gordic died after an
    altercation with other young men in Whistler. Arvin Golic, 18,
    and a youth have now been charged with second-degree murder. A
    second youth faces a manslaughter charge.

    May 19: Redelma Belisario, Richmond (IHIT)The 62-year-old was
    found deceased in a home and was believed to be the victim of
    foul play. Her 38-year-old son Darwin Lescano was charged with
    second-degree murder.

    June 1: Wells Tony Gallagher, Langley (IHIT)The 37-year-old
    homeless man was found lying on a sidewalk in critical condition
    after a fight in the 20300-block of Fraser Highway. He later
    died from his injuries. David Christopher Van Den Brink, of no
    fixed address, was charged with second-degree murder.

    June 3: Charan Dhandwar, New Westminster (IHIT)Charan Dhandwar,
    79, was out for an evening walk in the 1500-block of Eighth
    Avenue when she was attacked just before 7 p.m. She died at the
    scene. Julien Cadrain Levasseur, 23, was charged with second-
    degree murder.

    June 5: Edwin Shek-Yin Cheng, Richmond (IHIT)The 42-year-old
    Richmond man was found dead inside a vehicle after a shooting in
    a Sikh temple parking lot in Richmond. Cheng was known to police.

    July 14: Colin Hill, Surrey (IHIT)The 42-year-old husband and
    father of two was shot dead as he was trying to stop a break-in
    at his home in Cloverdale. 22-year-old Khouri Lamar Green faces
    a second-degree murder charge. Police believe the homicide was
    random in nature, and noted that Hill and the suspect were not
    known to each other.

    July 15: Hanif Jessa, Burnaby (IHIT)The longtime night
    superintendent for street cleaning for the city of Vancouver was
    shot outside his Burnaby home.

    July 16: Iryna Gabalis and Israeli friend, Coquitlam
    (IHIT)Gabalis, 56, and a man from Israel who had just arrived,
    were found dead in a home in the Westwood Plateau neighbourhood
    after reports of two fatalities. Gabalis’s former boyfriend Mo
    Salehi, 44, was charged in the slayings.

    July 17: Marcelino Perez-Rodriguez, Vancouver (VPD)The 44-year-
    old man, who had recently arrived in Vancouver, was found dead
    in Vancouver’s Andy Livingstone Park. Matthew Brenner, 26, of
    Vancouver, was charged with murder.

    July 26: Jason Nguyen, Vancouver (VPD)The 15-year-old Nguyen
    died after police and paramedics were called to a home on East
    24th Avenue near Rupert Street around 3 p.m. after a family
    member found Nguyen seriously injured. The teenager was taken to
    hospital but did not survive. The death was initially considered
    suspicious, but later deemed a homicide, and did not appear to
    be random, police said.

    July 27: Samir Mokhtar, Vancouver (VPD)The 20-year-old died
    about 9 p.m. on the side of the street on Seaforth Drive near
    Rupert Street after being shot. Police said the victim was known
    to police and was on bail at the time of his death on a charge
    of manslaughter for a fatal shooting in Burnaby nearly one year
    earlier. Mokhtar’s shooting was targeted, police said. It was
    the city’s 10th homicide of the year.

    Aug. 8: Dominic Boateng, Vancouver (VPD)The 47-year-old man died
    after a stabbing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside just after 6
    p.m. Police say the attack appears to have been targeted.
    Charged with second-degree murder was Dennis Sleightholme, 34,
    of Vancouver.

    Aug. 11: Garth McDonald, Vancouver (VPD)McDonald, a 60-year-old
    Vancouver resident, was killed by a punch to the head outside a
    Robson Street bar. He refused hospital treatment for what
    appeared to be a minor head injury after he was punched and
    knocked to the ground during an fight outside Shenanigans
    Nightclub on August 11. He was later found unresponsive on the
    floor of his West End apartment, and died of a serious brain
    bleed in hospital. The VPD recommended a manslaughter charge
    against a 26-year-old Vancouver man.

    Aug. 12: Igor Bradaric, Burnaby (IHIT)Burnaby police responding
    to a call of shots fired found the 43-year-old man suffering
    from gunshot wounds. He later died. Police said it appeared to
    be a targeted attack.

    Aug. 12: David Hennessey, Surrey (IHIT)The 27-year-old was found
    by Surrey RCMP responding to a call about an altercation at a
    home in the 13000-block of Hansen Road. He was suffering from
    what appeared to be stab wounds and later died in hospital.
    Another man found at scene was also treated for injuries at
    hospital and later arrested for the alleged murder.

    Aug. 31: David Urquhart, Mission (IHIT)The 35-year-old man last
    seen in Maple Ridge in August was in October confirmed as the
    victim of murder in Mission. A hunter had discovered some human
    remains in the area of Norrish Creek Road, a remote logging road
    north of Mission. Police are looking for information in their
    investigation.

    Sept. 2: Ping Shun Ao, Abbotsford (IHIT)The 74-year-old
    bystander was killed in a drive-by shooting targeting a
    neighbour’s home. He was standing behind a gate in his side yard
    in the 3500-block of Promontory Court when shots rang out about
    7:15 p.m. Several bullets also hit the targeted house next door,
    which police had visited several times during a lengthy dispute.

    Sept. 18: Matthew Charles Miles, Burnaby (IHIT)The Vancouver man
    was found dead inside a house in the 3800-block of Frances
    Street in Burnaby. Police tried to negotiate with Kenneth Robert
    Hanna, 48, who was holed up in the house. He was fatally shot by
    police. The Independent Investigations Office is investigating
    Hanna’s death while the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team
    is probing Miles’ murder.

    Sept. 27: Duy Ly Nguyen, Vancouver (VPD)A brazen shooting at a
    busy Vancouver shopping centre left the 30-year-old Ontario man
    with gang links dead. Police said the shooting is believed to be
    targeted and is likely the result of an ongoing gang conflict.
    There have been no arrests.

    Sept. 29: Peng Sun, North Vancouver (VPD)The body of the 22-year-
    old Chinese national was found on a quiet North Vancouver street
    in what police say was an abduction case. Tian Yi Zhang, 23, of
    Richmond was charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping,
    while three other men were also arrested. Casey James Hiscoe,
    21, was charged with kidnapping, and Dyllan James Green, 20, and
    Jacob Michael Gorelik, 18, were charged with interfering with a
    body.

    Nov. 6: Robert Boucher, Vancouver (VPD)The 31-year-old man died
    after an incident behind the Ivanhoe Pub in Vancouver. Police
    believe the man was involved in a dispute or altercation that
    spilled into the street after starting at a nearby rooming
    house. Sadie Taniskishayinew was charged with second-degree
    murder. The homicide was the 14th of the year in Vancouver.

    Nov. 21: Surinderpal Hehar, Surrey (IHIT)The 45-year-old
    longshoreman was shot to death just after getting picked up to
    go to work. The other man in the vehicle was also struck and
    injured in the shooting. Police say sit was a targeted shooting
    but they don’t know the motive.

    Dec. 4: Cameron Leon, North Vancouver (IHIT)The body of the 22-
    year-old was found in Mosquito Creek near Fell Avenue and 17th
    Street in North Vancouver. There are no suspects.

    Dec. 19: Peter Bender, Maple Ridge (IHIT) The 33-year-old Pitt
    Meadows man was found in a car at a Maple Ridge church parking
    lot. A team of police converged on the parking lot of the Haney
    Presbyterian Church on 216th Street following the shooting.

    IHIT’s 2015 cases also include four suspicious deaths of
    children and two suspicious deaths of Surrey men.

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