Chilliwack man identified as victim in latest Surrey homicide linked to organized crime
IHIT names 26-year-old Jaskaran Birring who had interactions with police, worked in drug trade
A 26-year-old man said to be from Chilliwack is the Lower Mainland’s latest victim of organized crime murder, according to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT).
Jaskaran Birring, born 1999, had previous interactions with police and was believed to be involved in the drug trade.
Seven years ago when he would have been just 19, Birring was convicted of assault and unlawful confinement, a lesser included charge to the original charge of kidnapping from an incident in 2017 also in Surrey. He received an 18-month jail sentence. He was also convicted of resisting arrest in 2021.
Birring was shot and killed before midnight on Nov. 28, 2025, near 152nd Street and 104 Avenue in Surrey.
“Early indications suggest this was a targeted incident related to organized crime,” according to an IHIT release sent out Dec. 1. “Investigators are working diligently to determine the circumstances surrounding the homicide and to identify all parties involved.”
Approximately 15 minutes after the shooting, a white Dodge Ram pickup was located fully engulfed in flames in the area of 136th Street and 115 Avenue in Surrey.
IHIT investigators are looking for video evidence from any witnesses who may have been at either location on Nov. 28 between 9 p.m. and midnight.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to call the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
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