Vancouver cops are on the hunt for an armed killer after a gangster was slain Wednesday during a daylight shooting in Vancouver’s core area..Amandeep Manj, 35, a known member of the United Nations gang, was shot about 3:30 p.m while sitting inside his car in the parking lot of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel near Canada Place..Soon after he bloodied body was discovered, paramedics raced to the lot, but Manj was pronounced dead at the scene..Police said they’re convinced the shooting was a targeted hit..Several news sources said the homicide victim was well-known in Vancouver’s illicit drug trade..Manj’s brother, Jodh Manj, also died a violent death three years ago when he was killed while leaving a Mexico City gym..Vancouver Police Const. Tania Visintin told the Vancouver Sun Manj is the city’s 13th homicide of 2021..She told the paper officers responded to level three of the parkade near Cordova and Burrard streets “after a man was found unresponsive by a witness.” .Police have made no arrests in the case, and ask anyone who may have information about the shooting to contact Vancouver police.
Vancouver cops are on the hunt for an armed killer after a gangster was slain Wednesday during a daylight shooting in Vancouver’s core area..Amandeep Manj, 35, a known member of the United Nations gang, was shot about 3:30 p.m while sitting inside his car in the parking lot of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel near Canada Place..Soon after he bloodied body was discovered, paramedics raced to the lot, but Manj was pronounced dead at the scene..Police said they’re convinced the shooting was a targeted hit..Several news sources said the homicide victim was well-known in Vancouver’s illicit drug trade..Manj’s brother, Jodh Manj, also died a violent death three years ago when he was killed while leaving a Mexico City gym..Vancouver Police Const. Tania Visintin told the Vancouver Sun Manj is the city’s 13th homicide of 2021..She told the paper officers responded to level three of the parkade near Cordova and Burrard streets “after a man was found unresponsive by a witness.” .Police have made no arrests in the case, and ask anyone who may have information about the shooting to contact Vancouver police.
