The B.C. corrections officer shot and killed Saturday afternoon in a busy parking lot in Delta has been identified as 29-year-old Bikramdeep Randhawa.
He was a corrections officer and worked at Fraser Regional Correctional Centre since 2016, B.C. Corrections confirmed Monday.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague, Bikramdeep Randhawa, and our thoughts and sympathy are with his family, friends and those who were close to him, at this very difficult time,” the organization said in a statement.
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Randhawa was shot dead just before 5 p.m. outside a shopping centre near 72nd Avenue and Scott Road.
Randhawa was not known to police, and investigators are still working to determine a motive — including whether the killing was a case of mistaken identity, or potentially related to his job.
Police also confirmed Sunday that a torched vehicle found in Burnaby that resembled a getaway vehicle seen in bystander video from the crime scene was, in fact, related to the shooting.
Farnworth added the province has passed the Firearm Violence Prevention Act, regulating imitation firearms that are currently unregulated, announced the opening of a new provincial forensic firearms laboratory and allocated $7.6 million for policing initiatives including the Gang Suppression Action Plan.