An early-morning shooting rang out along a country road in east Abbotsford on July 5.
The Abbotsford Police Department was called out to the shooting in the 2700 block of Tolmie Road around 3:48 a.m. where officers found a home struck by gunfire, near the Chilliwack-Abbotsford border.
"At the time of the incident, the occupants were inside the home asleep. While understandably shaken, no one was physically injured," stated Sgt. Paul Walker, media relations officer with AbbyPD in a press release later that same day.
The investigation has been taken over by the AbbyPD Major Crime Unit. Investigators are currently in the early stages of determining the motive behind the shooting.
Police are now turning to the public for witnesses and dashcam footage.
Anyone who was in the 2700 block of Tolmie Road, or the surrounding Sumas Prairie area, between 3 a.m. and 4:15 a.m., and who may have witnessed anything suspicious or captured dashcam footage, is asked to contact the AbbyPD Major Crime Unit at 604-859-5225. The Abbotsford Police file number is 2025-28462.
