SURREY, B.C.—The spouse of a person gunned down in what police say was a case of mistaken id is pleading for any data that will clear up the homicide the household is struggling to grasp.
Paul Bennett, 47, was shot in his driveway in Surrey, B.C., on the afternoon of June 23. The Built-in Murder Investigation Crew stated Thursday he was the unintended sufferer of a focused capturing.
Darlene Bennett described her husband because the type of man who wore his coronary heart on his sleeve, volunteered his time freely, each as a hockey coach for his or her boys or to fill a name shift on the hospital the place he labored.
“He cherished being a nurse, particularly working within the working room,” she stated Thursday. “He discovered his factor within the midst of chaos. There’s at all times alternative to save lots of a life or enhance it.”
He didn’t have a legal report and wasn’t concerned in any legal exercise, she advised a information convention by way of tears.
“We’re grieving and traumatized by his loss and praying to grasp why this has occurred to our household.”
Bennett was shot in entrance of his residence at about four p.m. in what Darlene Bennett stated was full disregard for public security in a quiet residential space.
Cpl. Frank Jang of the Built-in Murder Investigation Crew stated individuals concerned in such shootings aren’t serious about public security.
He stated the demise of the beloved father, hockey coach, brother and husband is tragic.
Police launched surveillance video from a house within the space exhibiting only a few seconds of a more recent, four-door Honda Civic driving previous.
Jang stated it’s related to the murder and police want anybody who has data to return ahead.
“We’re working very arduous to find out who the meant goal was. That’s considered one of our priorities, for investigators and our companions.”
Two youngsters, aged 16 and 17, have been additionally murdered in June. They have been discovered on a highway in Surrey in what police consider was a focused capturing.
A activity pressure aimed toward stopping gang violence in Surrey launched a report earlier this month recommending extra police enforcement, an expanded gang exit program and an initiative that will permit companies to ban alleged gangsters from their premises.
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