Surrey shootings: fearful community after complaint of 44 shootings in 2015

A 36-year-oldis recovering from a "targeted"gunshot wound after being dropped off at Surrey Memorial Hospital with an injury.

Surrey RCMPsaidthe man was dropped off at the emergency department around 3 a.m. PT after a bullet hit his "lower extremities."

"...initial indications are that this incident is targeted and involves parties known to each other," Staff Sgt. Joe Johalsaid in a press release, adding that the man shotis "well known" to police.

The hospital was surrounded by police cruisers and taped off, as the shooting victim was transferred to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster for treatment early Saturday morning.

Thisshooting comes in the wake of a hunt for two 21-year-old men in connection with a school shooting.

Surrey RCMPhave issued arrest warrents forShakiel Basra and Amarpreet Samra in connection with a shooting at an elementary school in September.

The pair are charged withfour counts, including attempt to commitmurder, over the incident at Strawberry Hill Elementary, which left another man injured.

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Basra and Samra are believed to have connections in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, and may be driving a light-coloured jeep with Saskatchewan plates, 685 JUD.

The public is advised to call 911 immediately if they spot either of the men, but should not approach them, police said.

Surrey has been the scene of a violent turf war between rival gangs since early this year, and police have expressed frustration over a lack of co-operation from shooting victims often gang members themselves which has made investigating the crimes difficult.

Yesterday, Chief Supt. Bill Fordy appealed to those who know the suspects to "do the honourable thing, the brave thing," and call the police.

On Sept. 23 Premier Christy Clark was sent a letter by a group of New Democratic Party members, including Leader John Horgan,calling for action in the "crisis of public safety" in Surrey, claiming morethan44 shooting incidents and three murders have been reported in 2015.