Shots were fired at another Surrey business over the weekend.
Surrey Police Service officers are investigating a shots fired incident at a business in the 12800-bock of 80 Avenue that occurred sometime between Saturday, Aug. 23 and the morning of Monday, Aug. 25, an SPS release notes.
Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Monday (Aug. 25), SPS officers responded to a call of a possible mischief or attempted break-in to a business in the city. Upon arrival, they discovered that the damage to the door of the business was the result of several shots being fired at the door from outside, the release said.
Officers checked the business and neighbouring business and fortunately, there were no injuries to anyone.
Surrey Police Service Frontline Investigative Support (FLIS) Team has assumed conduct of the investigation; officers remained on scene Monday examining and securing evidence and will likely be canvassing the neighbourhood for any CCTV footage.
At this early stage, investigators believe that the motive may be extortion-related, SPS said in the release, in reference to the o — throughout Surrey, White Rock, Abbotsford and other B.C. neighbourhoods as well as Alberta and Ontario.
There has been a surge in extortion-related activity in Surrey in recent weeks, with a car wash owner saying a was extortion-related, as well as two separate shootings to , as well as several banquet halls and other businesses.
Anyone with information about this incident or anyone who may have been in the area over the weekend and has dashcam or CCTV footage is asked to contact the SPS non-emergency line at 604-599-0502 and quote file number 25-72804 (SP) or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or