British ColumbiaA spokesperson for the Surrey Police Service has confirmed that a Saturday shooting on 32 Avenue is linked to an ongoing wave of extortion cases in the city. One person was injured.Nearly 100 extortion cases reported to police in Surrey this year alone, spokesperson saysCBC News · Posted: Nov 10, 2025 6:24 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Surrey police have confirmed a Saturday shooting in South Surrey — which saw one person injured — is linked to extortion. (Curtis Kreklau)A spokesperson for the Surrey Police Service (SPS) has confirmed that a Saturday shooting on 32 Avenue is linked to an ongoing wave of extortion cases in the city. One person was injured in the shooting at a home in the 17000 block of 32 Avenue in South Surrey, according to SPS spokesperson Ian MacDonald.MacDonald says the injured man was working in the area and it’s unclear whether he was struck by a bullet or injured by debris. He says the man is in hospital and in good spirits, and his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.Anyone with more information on the Saturday shooting, where police were called out around 8:40 a.m. PT, is asked to contact the SPS.WATCH | SPS spokesperson confirms extortion link:Latest Surrey shooting is extortion-related, police confirmSurrey Police Service spokesperson Ian Macdonald confirmed the city’s latest shooting is extortion-related. He spoke to BC Today host Michelle Eliot about Saturday’s incident, when gunshots were fired at a home. Saturday’s shooting is just the latest in a wave of extortion attempts that has hit Surrey, with MacDonald saying almost 100 cases have been reported to SPS this year alone.”We’ve had 94 extortion incidents and of that, 43 had related shots fired,” he told Michelle Eliot, host of CBC’s BC Today on Monday.The wave of extortion, which police have primarily said is affecting the Lower Mainland’s South Asian community, has seen a provincial task force now set up to combat the threat, and a city reward fund to encourage victims and witnesses to come forward. Police officers are seen at the scene of an extortion-related shooting on 32 Avenue in Surrey, B.C., on Nov. 8, 2025. (Curtis Kreklau)”I do emphasize that we do want that reporting, and some of it is as a result of the same complainant victim reporting on numerous occasions,” MacDonald said in response to a question of the troubling rise in cases in the city.Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke has requested that 150 extra anti-gang police officers be deployed to deal with the rash of extortion cases, something supported by a former Surrey-area MP.Bullet holes are seen at the scene of an extortion-related shooting at a home on Surrey’s 32 Avenue on Nov. 8, 2025. (Curtis Kreklau)MacDonald said that it was important to co-ordinate different law enforcement efforts to ensure cases were properly linked together.”I understand the frustration in the community. I understand that anytime you have brazen events like these shootings, you want it to stop,” he said.”But you have to realize that from a law enforcement standpoint, we have to gather evidence and whether that’s [Canada Border Services Agency], whether that is detectives working at SPS or part of the provincial task force. We have to co-ordinate our efforts.”CBC B.C. is organizing an upcoming Town Hall event, Extortion: Communities in Fear, where community members can share their concerns on the topic.The event will be held Nov. 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT at the Surrey Arts Centre at 13750 88 Ave.Guests will include police, politicians and community leaders — and members of the public are invited.With files from BC Today and Michelle Eliot
Saturday shooting in Surrey, B.C., is linked to extortion, police say
