British ColumbiaPolice say the sleeping residents of an Abbotsford, B.C., home were “thankfully” left uninjured after bullets were fired at two vehicles in their driveway early Tuesday morning. Residents inside home where parked vehicles were hit ‘thankfully’ unharmed, say policeChad Pawson · CBC News · Posted: Nov 18, 2025 11:09 AM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.The Abbotsford Police Department says two vehicles parked in a driveway on Janzen Drive were hit with bullets on Tuesday morning in the province’s latest extortion-related shooting. (Abbotsford Police Department)Police say the sleeping residents of an Abbotsford, B.C., home were “thankfully” left uninjured after bullets were fired at two vehicles in their driveway early Tuesday morning. The shooting happened just before 4 a.m. PT in the 2500 block of Janzen Street.Officers at the scene found two unoccupied vehicles parked in the home’s driveway that had been struck by gunfire, Abbotsford police say.”Thankfully, the occupants inside the home — who were asleep at the time — were unharmed,” read a news release from Sgt. Paul Walker.Police say the shooting was targeted and related to an ongoing extortion investigation.The crime is the latest in B.C. where individuals or businesses in predominantly South Asian communities are receiving threatening demands for money by letters, phone calls, text messages or social media.Surrey, Abbotsford and Delta have reported more than 125 extortion incidents in 2025 combined.WATCH | Police respond to criticism over extortion response:Surrey community members question multi-agency response to extortionCommunity members at the town hall event on extortion, hosted by CBC News, grilled police and politicians on their response to the ongoing violence. Many argued that there is a clear lack of leadership on the file, with too many jurisdictions involved. But as Kier Junos reports, police leadership insist they’re going in the right direction. Earlier this month, the Canada Border Services Agency announced that immigration investigations had been launched into 78 foreign nationals who may be inadmissible, as part of an extortion task force, and three people related to the investigations had been removed from Canada. Investigators in Abbotsford are asking for tips from the public over the latest extortion-related shooting in the city.ABOUT THE AUTHORChad Pawson is a CBC News reporter in Vancouver. Please contact him at chad.pawson@cbc.ca.
Vehicles in Abbotsford struck by bullets in B.C.’s latest extortion-related shooting
