Police in B.C. are confirming that a suspect in a road rage incident that left two people injured in Mission has been shot and killed in Langley.
Johnathan Hebrada-Walters, 38, from the Edmonton area, was found dead Sept. 21 and investigators say his murder is related to the B.C. gang conflict.
His death comes after a road rage incident Sept. 8 that resulted in police releasing images of him and Amber Jenelle Toews in an effort to locate them.
Police said a couple from Mission was in the Tim Hortons drive-thru at Lougheed Highway and Cedar Valley Connector around 10 a.m. when they honked at the car in front of them because they were not moving forward in the lineup.
Once they drove out of the drive-thru, the people in the other vehicle drove up beside them and the woman threw a coffee cup at their vehicle.
The couple told police the vehicle followed them for two kilometres until Bakerview Avenue and Cedar Street. Two people got out of a Malibu and assaulted the couple with a baseball bat before driving off, according to Mission RCMP.
A 21-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man from Mission were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police did find and seize the Malibu, but nobody was inside of it.
New charges in road rage incident
Meanwhile, Toews, 35, also from Edmonton, has been charged with assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, and mischief under $5,000 in connection with the road rage incident.
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Toews.
Police say she is known to travel around B.C. and other western provinces. Police do not believe that she returned to Alberta.
Toews has short blond hair, a sleeve tattoo on her left arm and a tattoo on her right thigh.
Mission RCMP want anyone with information on her whereabouts to call 604-826-7161, and warn not to approach her.
Fatal shooting tied to gang conflict
Investigators identified Hebrada-Walters as a homicide victim after police responded at 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 to shots being fired in Langley. Police found two men suffering from gunshot wounds.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Hebrada-Walters succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Sgt. David Lee said Hebrada-Walters was known to police and initial information indicates that the shooting was a targeted event, and linked to the ongoing B.C. gang conflict.
The other man, whose name is not being released, is also known to police and he survived.
"This investigation continues to unfold," says Lee of IHIT.
"We are in contact with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC [CFSEU-BC, as well as policing partners in Alberta to determine how these victims are linked to one another.”
Anyone with dash camera footage or CCTV of the shooting is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-4488.
