Surrey murder victim unknown to police, just moved to the city, police say

Mar 23, 2023 | 10:55 AM

SURREY — Homicide investigators say the man who died in a shooting in Surrey last week had no known ties to the ongoing gang conflict in Metro Vancouver.

Thirty-eight-year-old Aren Smith has been identified as the man found dead in a parked vehicle on March 13.

Police say they responded to reports of shots fired just before 8 a.m. that day and found Smith’s body.

Investigators say Smith and his family had only recently moved to the city.