A man has been found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of a gangster and a teenager who was passing by with his family.
On Monday evening, a B.C. Supreme Court jury found that Kane Carter, 29, shot and killed gangster Kevin Whiteside and 15-year-old Alfred Wong on the night of Jan. 13, 2018.
This was a retrial, after the collapse of the Crown’s case in September 2024 when a jury could not come to a decision after five days of deliberation.
Prosecutors said the slayings were linked to Carter using video, cellphone records and Carter’s DNA in a getaway vehicle.
When the latest trial began in October, the Crown said its case was built on almost entirely circumstantial or indirect evidence, including 40 witness statements and 100 exhibits.
Carter faced two counts of second-degree murder in the fatal shootings of Whiteside, 23, and Wong at the busy intersection of Broadway and Ontario.
At that time of the shooting, Whiteside was running along Broadway shooting at two people in a taxi. Court heard the target was a gangster associated with Carter.
Whiteside was himself hit by gunfire and collapsed.
Wong, a student at Pinetree Secondary in Coquitlam, was in the back seat of his parents’ car when a stray bullet hit him in the chest. The family was on its way home after dinner.
Court heard that a red van linked to Carter was seen leaving the area after the shooting. The van was later found in a parkade of a Surrey building where Carter rented an apartment.
“The path to justice and accountability in the murder of Alfred Wong has been long and difficult,” VPD Chief Steve Rai said in a statement Tuesday.
“For nearly a decade, Alfred’s friends, family, and loved ones — along with all of the Vancouver police members who investigated his murder over many years — have waited for the person who committed this senseless crime to meet justice.”
While nothing will ease the pain of the loss suffered by Alfred’s family, Rai said he hopes the guilty verdict “will begin to provide answers and relief for their sorrow.”
A date for sentencing for Carter has not been set.
With files from Postmedia News
