1 person dead, another in hospital after shooting in Langley residential neighbourhood

One man is dead and another is in hospital with gunshot wounds after several shots were fired in a residential neighbourhood in Langley, B.C., on Tuesday night.

Police saidLangley RCMP officers responded to reports of gunfire at 207th Street and53A Avenue at approximately 11:38 p.m. PT and found a 22-year-old man shot dead inside a vehicleand another man, also in his 20s, alive but injured.

Police say they expect the injured man to survive.

Resident Sandy Diamond said she heard shots ring out sometime between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. PT Tuesday.

"It sounded like it was right here," she said.

Ellen Westhaver, who also lives in the neighbourhood, said she heard multiple shots and a vehicle take off soon after.

"One after the other a whole bunch in a row," she said. "It's scary knowing it's so close to home."

On Wednesday morning, Sgt. Frank Jangof theIntegrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT)confirmed to CBCthat a team of investigatorshad been deployed to the site of the shooting.

Police tents had been set up in theresidential neighbourhood near the scene, where dozens of evidence markers are visible.Investigators were focusing their attention on the shot-up vehicle.

Jang, speaking to media laterWednesday morning, said investigators are also focusingon a second vehiclefound on fire Tuesday night less than 10 kilometres away from where the shots were fired.

Surrey RCMP responded to reports of a burning sedan in South Surrey at around 11:52 p.m. PT, Jang said.

The vehicle was located near180th Streetand 19AAvenueand Jang said all possibleconnectionsarecurrently being investigated.

"We're talking 14 minutes and we are talking maybe sevenor eightkilometres," said Jang about the likelihood of a link between the shootingand the burning car.

Jang said the latest shooting has "all the hallmarks of a targeted hit" and both the dead and the injured man are known to police.

Police could not confirm at this stage if the shooting is linked to gang violence, but said they believe it may be linked to the drug trade.

As of Jan. 12, five people had been killed in six weeks in gang-related shootings in Metro Vancouver.

Anyresidents near 207th Street and53A Avenue with surveillance footage from Tuesday nightare asked to contact IHIT.This also applies to anyone with cellphone or dashcam footage who was in the area.

Surrey RCMPare asking the same of anyone with information or video footagerelated to the burned-out vehicle.