The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has focused its investigation on a Langley home after two bodies were found Monday.
Police were called to the area of 16 Avenue and 208th Street shortly after 11 a.m. after a report of a “suspicious incident.”
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Together with the Township of Langley Fire Department and BC Ambulance Services, Mounties arrived at the scene and located the bodies.
IHIT is not releasing the names of the victims as they are being identified and their families are being notified.
Bill Townsley, co-owner of Festina Lente Estate Winery, located near the scene of the investigation, describes what he saw.
“The other day, just after we had opened, just after 11 o’clock, a lot of police cars came roaring down the street, lots of lights and sirens, eight to 10 of them … ambulance, fire trucks, a lot of activity,” he told 1130 NewsRadio.
Townsley says he is concerned about how the area is changing, explaining that he has been hearing a lot more screeching tires and what he believes is gunfire.
“In the past, our house was rarely locked, our cars were rarely locked, but they are now. It has changed,” he said.
“It’s disappointing more than anything, because it’s a really nice neighbourhood.”
He says it is unsettling that this is happening close to home.
“Having that type of violence, or potential violence, we’ll say, it does make you worry,” he said.
“Your daily life does take on a new edge of what other things can happen in the area.”
There is no ongoing risk to the public, investigators say.
“We are liaising with our policing partners to canvass for CCTV, collect evidence, conduct interviews, and advance this investigation,” Const. Pratheep Thavarajah said.
“Investigators continue to work to determine the circumstances surrounding the deaths.”
Anyone with information or who may have witnessed any suspicious activity in the area is asked to contact police at 1-877-551-4448.
— With files from Jan Schuermann
