The woman who was critically injured in the extortion-related shooting in Whalley on Sunday (Oct. 12) was not the "intended target," police said Tuesday (Oct. 14).
In the early morning hours of Oct. 12, police responded to a call of shots fired at a home in the 13000-block of 103A Avenue. Upon arrival, police found BCEHS paramedics administering "life-saving medical intervention" to a woman inside the home who had been shot. She was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said at the time. Police said Tuesday (Oct. 14) the victim is now listed in serious but stable condition.
Surrey Police media relations officer Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton told Black Press Media that no one inside the home at the time "was the intended target," but did not confirm if the home or someone else who lived there but was not home at the time was the target. There were several people inside the home at the time of the shooting, but police would not provide an exact number.
Houghton added that this is the first confirmed extortion-related injury in Surrey this year.
Black Press Media has reached out to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team to see if the June 11 homicide of Satwinder Sharma has been classified as extortion-related, as there was some speculation from the public at the time it was.
Surrey has seen 33 extortion-related shootings so far in 2025 and 59 extortion reports not related to shootings, as of Thursday (Oct. 9).
On Tuesday (Oct. 14), Premier David Eby described the extortion crisis that is taking place in Surrey and other areas in the province as terrorism.
Anyone with information about this incident, or anyone who may have been in the area of 13000 block of 103A Avenue between 2:30 and 3 a.m. and witnessed the shots fired or suspicious activity, or has CCTV or dashcam footage, is asked to contact the SPS non-emergency line at 604-599-0502 and quote file number 25-89656 (SP) or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca.
-With files from Julie MacLellan
