RCMP were busy Sunday investigating shootings in two Metro Vancouver communities.
Richmond RCMP say they were called to a home in the 8100 block of Lansdowne Road just before midnight, where a man in his 20s had been shot multiple times.
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Paramedics rushed him to hospital, but he did not survive.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is now leading the case.
About an hour later, police were called to reports of shots fired in the 1400 block of Kingston Street in Coquitlam.
Officers found one man with gunshot wounds at the scene, who is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say multiple suspects were seen fleeing the scene in a vehicle.
Police later located a vehicle on fire in the 3500 block of Gislason Avenue, which they believe to be connected to the shooting.
Investigators said it was too soon to say if the shooting was linked to the ongoing Lower Mainland gang conflict.
The shootings come just days after high-profile gangster Gary Kang was gunned down in his family’s home in South Surrey.
Following his slaying, police held an unusual press conference in which homicide investigators, the provincial gang unit and Surrey RCMP all warned of the possibility of escalation and retribution.
“If you are involved in gangs in Metro Vancouver, you may be in danger,” Surrey RCMP Sgt. Elenore Sturko said Wednesday.
The overnight violence brings the tally of Metro Vancouver shootings in the last two weeks to at least six, five of which have been fatal.
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Last month, 19-year-old Harman Singh Dhesi and a 14-year-old boy were gunned down one day apart on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28.
Then, on Jan. 6, Kang was killed. The following day, 29-year-old Anees Mohammed was shot dead in Steveston. Police say he also had gang ties.