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Suspect 'well known' to police in custody after 20-year-old woman fatally shot in Surrey

A womanin Surrey, B.C., died Tuesday night after a shooting in the Guildford neighbourhood,RCMP said.

RCMP still working to determine how victim and suspect knew each other

Police said they found a woman, later identified as Keryane Arsenault, suffering from a gunshot wound inside her townhome. (Shane MacKichan)

The RCMP's homicide team is investigating after awomanwas fatally shot in the Guildford neighbourhood of Surrey, B.C., late Tuesday.

The woman, 20, was shot insidehertownhouse in the 9700-block of 161A Street. She was taken to a regional trauma hospital and later died,according to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT).

A man in his 20swas arrested within minutes of police arriving at the scene, and remains in custody Wednesday. Police said the victim and suspect weren't family, nor were they in an intimate relationship.

"We're still trying to determine the nature of their relationship, if any," said IHIT Sgt. Frank Jang.

Police firstresponded to a report of a dropped 911 call at the house at 8:53p.m. PT.

While officers were en route, they received calls of shots fired. Police arrived on scene and found thewoman suffering from a gunshot wound.The suspect was arrested at 9 p.m.

Jang said the woman was not known to police orlinked to gang activity in the Lower Mainland, but the suspect was "well known" to RCMP.

"He might have gang ties and we're still looking to solidify those," the officer said.

RCMP responded to the deadly shooting in the 9700-block of 161A Street in Surrey, B.C., just before 9 p.m. PT on Tuesday. Ali Khudhair, 24, has since been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the victim's death. (Shane MacKichan)

Police saidthe motive for the shooting is unknown at this time.

"That is something we're still working on," said Jang.

Officers roped off part of atownhouse complex withpolice tapeandinvestigators were canvassing the area and speaking to witnesses late Tuesday.

The killing is the fifth shooting in the Lower Mainland in as many days.

A 19-year-old man was killed in Surrey on Friday, a corrections officer was fatally shot neara busy mall in Delta on Saturday and a 25-year-old woman was shotin Burnaby early Sunday. On Monday, shots were fired outside of a mall in Langley.

"We understand that there is heightenedanxiety amongst the public given the recent spate of shootings and homicides that have occurred across several communities in the Lower Mainland region. Certainly this recent homicide, this recent fatal shooting ... does very little to alleviate those concerns," said Jang.