The wide two-storey pale stucco house on the narrow lot at the corner of 91 Avenue and 207 Street in 91原创鈥檚 Walnut Grove area had security video cameras covering the front and sides from under the eaves of the Spanish-style imitation ceramic roof.

Someone also posted a beware-of-the-dog warning sign on a side gate leading to the back yard that featured an image of a large dog leaping forward and the message 鈥淚 can make it to the fence in 2.5 sec. Can you?鈥�

Neighbours say the people who lived there owned two big dogs, possibly pit bulls, that they would sometimes allow to run on the street without leashes, something that worried owners of smaller dogs on the street.

The house occupants also appeared to have a lot of vehicles, at least four, including the expensive Mercedes four-wheel-drive that was riddled with bullets on Boxing Day at around 9 p.m.

鈥淲e were watching the hockey game and I heard a noise,鈥� neighbour Susan Cameron told The Times.

鈥淭he dog went crazy. I looked out back, nothing seemed to be going on, so I went back to the game.鈥�

Then she heard police sirens.

Those who spoke to The Times said the noise sounded a little like a door slamming or something being dropped, but not multiple gunshots.

Neighbour Kevin Klassen says his kids heard a sound from the house two doors from his, but couldn鈥檛 really make out what it was.

鈥淣othing ever happens around here,鈥� he told reporters.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a quiet neighbourhood.鈥�

The street where the shooting took place is full of recently-built large houses.

As far as the neighbours could tell, the shooting victim was a member of a family of at least four who began renting the house about a year ago.

They didn鈥檛 really get to know the other people on the street during that time, residents said.

One homeowner, who did not  want to be identified, said the occupants of the house where the shooting took place tended to keep to themselves.

He noticed that the man who seemed to be the dad didn鈥檛 really talk much, 鈥渙nly when I heard him yelling at his kids.鈥�