Police open 2 homicide cases

A man found dead inside his home and a body pulled from the Fraser River are thelatest cases beingprobedby the LowerMainland's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.

In Abbotsford, a 40-year-old man was found dead inside the front doorof his house on the 1400 block of Kipling Street, said police.

Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots around 11 p.m. PT.

Police say the victim was well knownto them and they are now looking for a late- model, silver SUV, which may have been made by a German or British manufacturer,in connection with the shooting.

In a second incident, the crew of a tugboat pulleda body from the Fraser River near the Knight Street Bridge.

Police said the body appeared to have been in the river for some time, and were treating the death as suspicious until an autopsyis completed.

IHIT didnot release the identity of either victim.