IHIT investigating shooting death in Surrey neighbourhood

RCMP say homicide investigators are now lookinginto the shooting death of a man inSurrey's Whalley neighbourhoodearly Tuesday.

Policewere called to a report of possible shots fired just before 1a.m. PT near a house in the 8800-block of 138A Street, near Bear Creek Park, according to a police statement Tuesday.

Officers found the man dead at the scene. Investigatorsshut down the area overnight as they gathered evidence.

Surrey RCMP saythe death wasa targeted shooting and there is no ongoing threat to thepublic.

The area surrounding the scene will be cordoned off for a significant amount of time as the Integrated Homicide InvestigationTeampieces together what happened.

This is Surrey's second homicide of the year.

Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call the IHITinformation line at 1-877-551-4448,or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.