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Man shot dead in Maple Ridge was connected to Hells Angels
A young man shot to death in Maple Ridge last month is the son of one Hells Angel and the great-nephew of another, Postmedia has learned. Manricco “Ricco” Sansalone, 26, died from gunshot wounds on...
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REAL SCOOP: Identification of Maple Ridge murder victim confirmed
I have tried to get more information on the murders that happened around Christmas when I was off. There wasn’t much of an update from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team about the Dec. 22...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Vancouver police search for suspect in triple shooting
Vancouver Police are still searching for a suspect in a shocking Saturday evening shooting that left three people wounded, including a 15-year-old bystander. Officers were on the scene near East...
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Innocent teen bystander dies following gang shootout in Vancouver
More than 50 Vancouver Police officers are hunting for a suspect after a teenage bystander was killed in a gang shootout that also left one of the suspects dead. VPD Chief Adam Palmer said Monday that...
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REAL SCOOP: Innocent teen bystander dies after gang shootout
A Coquitlam family is in mourning after a 15-year-old boy died from injuries he sustained from a gunshot as his parents drove along Broadway in Vancouver Saturday night. Vancouver Police Chief Adam...
View ArticleCircumstantial evidence enough to convict in gangland shooting: Crown
A young man charged with attempting to murder gangster Matin Pouyan in 2015 had gunshot residue on his hands when he was arrested hours after the shooting. That is just one of the pieces of...
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B.C. criminals still have easy access to firearms, former cops says
Across Metro Vancouver Wednesday, at least a dozen people accused of firearms crimes appeared in provincial courthouses. Four of them were in Vancouver courtrooms on charges that included possession of...
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REAL SCOOP: Crown says evidence should convict in Pouyan shooting
There has been virtually no media coverage of the Thomas Duong attempted murder trial in Richmond, which ran through December. I was there for the Crown’s closing arguments this week. It is an...
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Other evidence at Vallee trial backs unsavoury witnesses, Crown says
When the United Nations gang was hunting the Bacon brothers and their fellow Red Scorpions a decade ago, it was not your average murder conspiracy, a prosecutor said in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday....
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REAL SCOOP: Street level criminals have easy access to firearms
In November, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth released the first report of the B.C. Task Force on Illegal Firearms. Some of the recommendations from that report are now in the works, including a...
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REAL SCOOP: Closing arguments in Cory Vallee murder trial
The closing arguments began yesterday in the long-running Cory Vallee murder trial. On the first day, one of the prosecutors discussed case law she wants the judge to rely upon when she is evaluating...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Surrey teen found dead in Vancouver
A Surrey teen who went missing last week was found dead in the trunk of a car parked in Vancouver Thursday. Sachdeep Singh Dhoot, 18, is Vancouver’s third murder victim of the year. Vancouver Police...
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Ex-gangsters gave same evidence of UN violence, Crown says
Four former United Nations gangsters who testified at Cory Vallee’s murder trial bolstered each other’s evidence by telling similar stories of the gang’s violent rampage, a prosecutor told B.C. Supreme...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: The violence continues with Abbotsford murder
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the scene of a fatal shooting in Abbotsford tonight. A young man in his 20s, involved in the gang conflict according to my sources, was killed in the...
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Shooting victim Alfred Wong's death 'leaves void' in family's heart
The older brother of an innocent teen struck during a gangland shootout earlier this month described the anguish of his devastated family Monday as Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer said progress is...
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REAL SCOOP: Slain teen's brother addresses the media
A very poised Wilfred Wong told reporters at the Vancouver Police Department’s Cambie office Monday about how much he and his parents loved his younger brother Alfred. And he spoke of how shocked they...
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Hells Angel Larry Amero arrested and charged in 2012 murder plots
Notorious B.C. Hells Angel Larry Amero has been charged with conspiracy to kill gangster rivals Sandip Duhre and Sukhveer Dhak, who died months apart in targeted 2012 shootings. Amero, 40, was arrested...
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Metro’s deadly gang war: Going after a familiar cast plus new players
Police across the Lower Mainland are pulling out all the stops to combat a new wave of deadly gang violence that involves both volatile younger players and gangsters with criminal links that date back...
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REAL SCOOP: Feuding "Brothers Keepers" escalate gang war
I wrote this Saturday story to put some context to what has been going on lately with the increase in gang shootings and murders. While many on this blog have a clear understanding of the conflict,...
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REAL SCOOP: Hells Angel Amero appears in Ontario court on new charges
B.C. Hells Angels Larry Amero has appeared in an Ontario courtroom after being arrested by Vancouver Police in Ottawa Thursday and charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder in the 2012...
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