Superstore

A man was shot to death June 2nd 2010 in the parking lot of the Real Canadian Superstore at Westwood Mall in Coquitlam — the Tri-Cities’ third murder of the year.

Coquitlam RCMP responded to a call of shots fired at about 9:45 p.m. in the 3000-block of Lougheed Hwy., near Westwood Street. When they arrived, they found a man in a black Mercedes in severe medical distress.

Paramedics took him to Royal Columbian Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Cpl. Dale Carr of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) said the shooting has “all the earmarks of a targeted shooting” but investigators have yet to confirm that.

“Multiple rounds were shot during the shooting,” he said, but the exact number has yet to be determined.

That Superstore location at Westwood Mall is open until 11 p.m. and Carr said there were several cars still in the parking lot; investigators are speaking with those people.

IHIT officers and the Coquitlam RCMP serious crime section are conducting the investigation.

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