Five people dead in Lower Mainland gang war in six weeks

The latest fatal shooting in the Lower Mainland has been linked to the region’s escalating gang activity, bringing the number of victims in the conflict to five in the past six weeks.
The shooting happened in Abbotsford near an elementary school, which was closed for the Remembrance Day statutory holiday, and left a 19-year-old man dead.
Emergency services responded to reports of a shooting at 3:30 p.m. on Monday at the intersection of Simpson and Ross roads. Abbotsford police found the yo