Police have identified the two men who were shot to death in Langley, B.C., during a series of attacks early Monday that also left two people injured and the suspect dead.
A statement Thursday identified the dead victims as Paul David Wynn, 60, and Steven Furness, 43.
Wynn was shot and killed outside the Creek Stone Place supportive housing complex on 201st Street around 3 a.m. PT, the second of four people to be shot over the course of several hours.
Furness died near the Langley City bus loop at Logan Avenue and Glover Road shortly after 5 a.m.
The families of the two men gave a brief statement Thursday.
Wynn’s family said “Paul was the poster child of the family” and “worked hard for everything he had”, while Furness’s loved ones said they hoped his death would put a spotlight on the situation of homeless and vulnerable people in society”.
The suspect in the shootings, which set off a series of direct cellphone emergency alerts Monday, was shot and killed by police at 200 Street and the Langley Bypass near 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 of them dead, was shot and killed by police near the mall on Monday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Surviving victims still in hospital
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said the two surviving victims remained in hospital as of Thursday.
A 26-year-old woman was critically injured when she was shot at Casino Cascades at Fraser Highway and 203A Street around 12:01 p.m. Police have confirmed that the woman was homeless.
Another man, also 26, was found with a gunshot wound to the leg near Willowbrook Mall at 5:45 a.m. At about the same time and place, police killed the suspect, ending the violence after about six hours.
The suspect has since been identified as 28-year-old Jordan Daniel Goggin. 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 investigates police-related incidents that result in serious injury or death, is also investigating the shootings because the suspect was killed.