Image: Mike Vanden Bosch / Multiple police, fire and ambulance personnel responded Saturday night to Vedder View Gardens Cemetery, 44675 Watson Road, Saturday night for a possible shooting. A blue tarp could be seen from a distance in the cemetery possibly covering a lifeless body, though this is unconfirmed. The Chilliwack RCMP detachment has been contacted for comment.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Police incident on Watson Road

Huge police presence gathers at cemetery on Watson Rd. for possible shooting

Apr 1, 2023 | 7:56 PM

CHILLIWACK — Over 15 emergency vehicles from RCMP, ambulance, and fire agencies converged on Vedder View Gardens Cemetery on Watson Road Saturday night for a possible shooting.

Sometime after 6:45 p.m., a multitude of first responders were dispatched to some kind of police incident at the cemetery near Watson Road and Canterbury Avenue.

There are unconfirmed reports that there was a lifeless body located on the grounds of Vedder View Gardens Cemetery, 44675 Watson Road. From a distance behind yellow caution tape, a tarp could be seen on the grounds of the cemetery with an RCMP officer and a paramedic standing nearby.

Image: Mike Vanden Bosch

According to social media reports, Chilliwack Fire had originally been requested to assist with a landing zone set up at Watson Elementary. Air ambulance was originally called but did not appear as of 7:40 p.m.

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Two older gentlemen standing near Watson and Canterbury Saturday night said they witnessed a first responder attempt to perform CPR on a victim inside the cemetery.

A phone call has been placed to the RCMP detachment in Chilliwack seeking comment.

The possible shooting incident would mark the third type of incident in a week.

Earlier this week, RCMP officers converged on a neighbourhood in Sardis south of Wells Road near Richardson Avenue and Blue Jay Avenue Thursday afternoon to investigate a shooting incident.

Chilliwack RCMP Corporal Martin Godard released a statement Thursday indicating that the RCMP responded to a report of shots fired in the 7000 block of Richardson Avenue. A man suffering from gunshot wounds was located and transported to a local area hospital with serious injuries, Corporal Godard reported.

Last Saturday, March 25, police responded to multiple reports of a disturbance followed by gun shots at the entrance to the city’s Rotary Trail park on Saturday night.

The RCMP say that police arrived and found two victims with multiple gun shot wounds. They say officers immediately provided first aid until Emergency Health Services arrived and transported the victims to hospital.

Police believe the incident was targeted and may be linked to the ongoing gang conflict in the Lower Mainland.