A statement Thursday identified the dead victims as Paul David Wynn, 60, and Steven Furness, 43. Wynn was shot outside the Creek Stone Place assisted living complex on 201st Street around 3 a.m. PT, the second of four people shot over the course of several hours. Ferns was killed near the Langley City Bus at Logan Avenue and Glover Street just after 5 a.m. The families of both men issued brief statements Thursday. Wynn’s family said “Paul was the lad of the family” and “worked so hard for everything he had”, while Furness’ loved ones said they hoped his death would shine a light on the plight of the homeless and vulnerable in society . The suspect in the shootings, which prompted a series of direct-to-cellphone emergency alerts Monday, was later shot by police at 200 Street and Langley Bypass near the Willowbrook Mall. A bicycle at the scene of a shooting at the Willowbrook Mall, on 200 Street near the Langley Bypass, Monday morning. The suspect believed to be responsible for shooting four people, two fatally, was shot by police near the mall on Monday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
The surviving victims remain in hospital
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said the two surviving victims remained in hospital as of Thursday. A woman, 26, was critically injured when she was shot at Cascades Casino, Fraser Highway and 203A Street, around 12:01 a.m. Police confirmed the woman was homeless. Another man, also 26, was found with a gunshot wound to his leg near Willowbrook Mall at 5:45 a.m. – around the same time where police killed the suspect, ending the violence after about six hours. The suspect has since been identified as Jordan Daniel Goggin, 28. Police said Goggin, who lived in Surrey, was known to police after having “non-criminal contact” with officers. Investigators are still working to determine a motive for the shooting. BC’s Office of Independent Investigations, which looks into police-related incidents that result in serious injury or death, is also investigating the shooting because the suspect was killed.
