On August 14, 2019, Surrey RCMP shot a man. Few details were initially released. It has now been reported that the man was shot outside the Lookout Society’s Gateway Shelter on 135A Street. The police shooting occurred around 4 am.
A witness working in the area at the time the shooting took place reports that he heard police fire either five or six shots. Police closed 135A Street between 106 Avenue and 108 Avenue for about 12 hours.
The area along 135A Street where the police shooting occurred has been the site of much police violence and criminalization of poor and homeless people. A homeless camp on The Strip was forcibly evicted by police after an extended period of harassment and violence by police and bylaw enforcement officers.
Police and the City of Surrey have held up their model of integrated and repressive operations as an exemplar of layered policing and have worked to export the model to other municipalities in British Columbia.
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