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I attended the scene of the latest Metro Vancouver murder this morning.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed that the victim is 29-year-old Christopher Hurtado, convicted in 2011 of aggravated assault for slitting the throat of a stranger in the Granville entertainment district.
He admitted to working in the drug trade. And some gang associates showed up at his sentencing hearing.
If you know anything, please email me at kbolan@postmedia.com or call me: 604-219-5740
Here’s my story so far:
A young man with gang links who slit a stranger’s throat during the Olympics has been shot to death in Burnaby,
Christopher Alexander Hurtado, who was also known by the surname Serrano, was killed just after 9:30 p.m. Monday in the 3900-block of Forest Street.
S.Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said residents in the quiet neighbourhood called 911 to report shots fired.
Some in the area saw Hurtado suffering from gunshot wounds and tried to do CPR, Pound said.
He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead about 10:30 p.m.
Pound said a dark-coloured sedan that may have sustained damage fled the scene eastbound.
She said investigators are trying to find out why Hurtado, 29, was on Forest Street at the time of the shooting. He lived in Coquitlam.
“We are still again trying to determine why the individual was in this area,” she said.
There may have been an altercation with the people inside the car before the violence erupted, she said.
“We don’t have a motive at this time. It’s very early. But what we do know is that this appears to be a targeted shooting,” she said.
She said it’s lucky no one else was hurt.
“It is a brazen shooting. It is a very high-profile residential area. There are lots of individuals that are out walking and it was at 9:30 at night,” she said. “So the potential for further victims is high. We are asking the public if you have information to come forward and talk to investigators.”
Hurtado was convicted of aggravated assault for slitting the throat of banker Lee Reynolds in downtown Vancouver in February 2010.
Reynolds, a police officer in his native South Africa, was downtown on Granville Street when he saw Hurtado yelling obscenities at two young women.
He asked Hurtado to calm down. A few words were exchanged and Hurtado walked away.
Minutes later, Hurtado returned with boxcutters, grabbed Reynolds from behind, cutting his
throat from ear to ear.
Reynolds’ friends chased Hurtado down. He was originally charged with attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.
In September 2011, he was sentenced to two years on top of the 19 months he served in pre-trial custody.
During sentencing, the judge noted that Hurtado had stabbed someone in 2002 while he collected a drug debt. She also mentioned a 2007 charge for holding a knife to his brother’s throat. But she said it was shortly after Hurtado’s dad was murdered in El Salvador and the young man was traumatized. He got a conditional discharge.
A psychiatric report entered at the sentencing said Hurtado was a high risk to reoffend violently because he was immersed in a criminal lifestyle. He admitted to working in the drug trade.
He later appealed his sentence and lost.
Appeal Court Justice Richard Low said that “the sentencing judge here considered all the aggravating and mitigating factors. Her reasons are thorough and she was well aware of the egregious circumstances of the attack of the complainant by the respondent.”
“Taken by themselves, those circumstances would dictate a substantial prison sentence. No matter what else is said about the offender, deterrence and denunciation are the most important sentencing factors in this case.”
He said the provincial court judge “was dealing with a relatively youthful offender who, although he presents considerable risk to society, became genuinely remorseful such that the judge saw some hope for his future.”
Some gang associates attended Hurtado’s sentencing hearing as his supporters.
They told the Sun at the time that they’d all grown up together in the Skeena Terrace housing complex, just over three kilometres from where he was killed.
kbolan@postmedia.com
blog: vancouversun.com/tag/real-scoop
twitter.com/kbolan
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed that the victim is 29-year-old Christopher Hurtado, convicted in 2011 of aggravated assault for slitting the throat of a stranger in the Granville entertainment district.
He admitted to working in the drug trade. And some gang associates showed up at his sentencing hearing.
If you know anything, please email me at kbolan@postmedia.com or call me: 604-219-5740
Here’s my story so far:
A young man with gang links who slit a stranger’s throat during the Olympics has been shot to death in Burnaby,
Christopher Alexander Hurtado, who was also known by the surname Serrano, was killed just after 9:30 p.m. Monday in the 3900-block of Forest Street.
S.Sgt. Jennifer Pound, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said residents in the quiet neighbourhood called 911 to report shots fired.
Some in the area saw Hurtado suffering from gunshot wounds and tried to do CPR, Pound said.
He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead about 10:30 p.m.
Pound said a dark-coloured sedan that may have sustained damage fled the scene eastbound.
She said investigators are trying to find out why Hurtado, 29, was on Forest Street at the time of the shooting. He lived in Coquitlam.
“We are still again trying to determine why the individual was in this area,” she said.
There may have been an altercation with the people inside the car before the violence erupted, she said.
“We don’t have a motive at this time. It’s very early. But what we do know is that this appears to be a targeted shooting,” she said.
She said it’s lucky no one else was hurt.
“It is a brazen shooting. It is a very high-profile residential area. There are lots of individuals that are out walking and it was at 9:30 at night,” she said. “So the potential for further victims is high. We are asking the public if you have information to come forward and talk to investigators.”
Hurtado was convicted of aggravated assault for slitting the throat of banker Lee Reynolds in downtown Vancouver in February 2010.
Reynolds, a police officer in his native South Africa, was downtown on Granville Street when he saw Hurtado yelling obscenities at two young women.
He asked Hurtado to calm down. A few words were exchanged and Hurtado walked away.
Minutes later, Hurtado returned with boxcutters, grabbed Reynolds from behind, cutting his
throat from ear to ear.
Reynolds’ friends chased Hurtado down. He was originally charged with attempted murder, but pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.
In September 2011, he was sentenced to two years on top of the 19 months he served in pre-trial custody.
During sentencing, the judge noted that Hurtado had stabbed someone in 2002 while he collected a drug debt. She also mentioned a 2007 charge for holding a knife to his brother’s throat. But she said it was shortly after Hurtado’s dad was murdered in El Salvador and the young man was traumatized. He got a conditional discharge.
A psychiatric report entered at the sentencing said Hurtado was a high risk to reoffend violently because he was immersed in a criminal lifestyle. He admitted to working in the drug trade.
He later appealed his sentence and lost.
Appeal Court Justice Richard Low said that “the sentencing judge here considered all the aggravating and mitigating factors. Her reasons are thorough and she was well aware of the egregious circumstances of the attack of the complainant by the respondent.”
“Taken by themselves, those circumstances would dictate a substantial prison sentence. No matter what else is said about the offender, deterrence and denunciation are the most important sentencing factors in this case.”
He said the provincial court judge “was dealing with a relatively youthful offender who, although he presents considerable risk to society, became genuinely remorseful such that the judge saw some hope for his future.”
Some gang associates attended Hurtado’s sentencing hearing as his supporters.
They told the Sun at the time that they’d all grown up together in the Skeena Terrace housing complex, just over three kilometres from where he was killed.
kbolan@postmedia.com
blog: vancouversun.com/tag/real-scoop
twitter.com/kbolan
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