A 16-year-old boy has been charged in last month’s shooting outside a Rosser Avenue apartment building.
The accused, who was carrying a loaded handgun at the time of his arrest, was taken into custody last week by homicide police and the Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team (Canada’s SWAT team), according to a media release from homicide investigators.
“This arrest took place in a very public location within Surrey. At the time he was arrested, the suspect was carrying a loaded firearm. With the assistance of Burnaby RCMP and the (Lower Mainland District) Emergency Response Team, a quick arrest was actioned in order to prevent potential harm to police and the public,” Staff Sgt. Jennifer Pound in the release.
A second-degree murder charge has been approved against the youth, the release confirmed.
The 16-year-old Surrey resident, whose name won’t be released because he is a young offender, is accused of killing Aladdin Ramadan outside his Rosser Avenue residence on Sept. 24. The fatal shooting was the sixth shooting in Burnaby this year.
