Murder charge filed in 2024 Coquitlam shooting
More than 21 months after a Coquitlam resident was shot and killed on a busy intersection, the B.C. Prosecution Service has filed a charge of first-degree murder against Tyrel O’Hearn.
O’Hearn, a 24-year-old Coquitlam resident, was arrested Friday and remains in custody.
“Any time organized criminals operate and bring their violence to communities, it demonstrates their disregard for the safety of others,” stated Sgt. Freda Fong of RCMP’s homicide division in a release.
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The victim was shot on a Saturday afternoon near Westwood Street and Glen Drive. The man was taken to hospital where he died of his injuries. He was 21.
Police concluded the attack was a: “targeted shooting with a nexus to organized crime,” according to a release from the RCMP’s gang homicide division.
The 2024 shooting was the third in three days in Coquitlam. There had also been a shooting on Burke Mountain where the victim did not suffer physical injuries, as well as an account of “multiple individuals” shooting at a vehicle around Johnson Street and Glen Drive.
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