A man with known gang ties has been identified as the victim of Tuesday's shooting in Coquitlam.
Sgt. Jennifer Pound of the integrated homicide investigation team said Joey Lamont Arrance was the 34-year-old victim in the killing.
His ties to gangs is well known but IHIT won't say what gangs he belonged to. It is not yet known whether he was a Coquitlam resident. But police say Arrance had a criminal record.
According to news reports, a man named Joey Arrance was the subject of a civil forfeiture claim for about $200,000 in jewelry and cash believed to be proceeds of crime.
According police reports dating back to 2011 in the Tri-City News' sister paper the Prince George Free Press, Arrance was a high-ranking member of the Game Tight Soldiers who was arrested and jailed on weapons charges.
Maillardville residents woke up to find themselves behind police lines Wednesday morning after the Tuesday night shooting that police believe was targeted.
For several hours Wednesday, police cordoned off Brunette Avenue between Laval Street and Laurentian Crescent on Schoolhouse Street to investigate a homicide that took place at about 11 p.m.
Arrance was shot while parked in his car on Marathon Court in Coquitlam. He drove from the scene, but his vehicle came to rest on a curb at Casey Street, after knocking over a bus stop.
A witness tried to revive the victim before B.C. Ambulance Services took him to Royal Columbian Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT tipline at 1-877-551-4448, or, if you wish to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
