A convicted drug-trafficker with links to the Wolf Pack and Brothers Keepers gang was shot to death in Richmond on Thursday night in suspected retaliation for the slaying of a rival the day before.
Anees Mohammed, 29, was gunned down at about 8:30 p.m. in Steveston Park in a quiet residential area near McMath Secondary school.
Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Sgt. Frank Jang stood near the park Friday and said the murder appears to be part of the continuing gang conflict. He urged people with information to call police.
“Please reach out to us if you’re in a position to help. We’ve got to stop this from happening. This is unacceptable. Everybody agrees it is unacceptable — even those in the inner circle of these people who are responsible … agree that this is unacceptable. Let’s do something about it,” Jang said.
Mohammed’s murder is the fourth deadly shooting in the Lower Mainland in less than two weeks — all believed linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.
Mohammed’s gang is at war with the Kang crime group and its Red Scorpion associates.
Earlier Wednesday, high-profile gangster Gary Kang was shot to death inside his parents’ South Surrey home while out on bail awaiting a sentencing hearing.
And on Dec. 27 and 28, Harman Singh Dhesi, a 19-year-old Red Scorpion associate, and Tequel Willis, just 14 and with ties to the Brothers Keepers, were gunned down in Surrey in separate incidents.
Jang said investigators are working hard to gather evidence against those responsible and to head off further violence. And he rejected criticism that police aren’t doing enough.
“We would like to be everywhere before these things happen. Unfortunately we can’t be everywhere,” he said. “And instead of blaming the police, or anyone else, let’s blame the people who are actually behind the trigger. People who are pointing the guns in our community, discharging firearms, putting all of us at risk. These people don’t care about your safety. They don’t care about my safety, they don’t care about the young person walking the streets of Richmond. It is imperative to find these people, arrest them and throw them in jail. And that’s what we’re going to do.”
