During a mass shooting in downtown Langley near Vancouver, an armed man who massacred the homeless in several areas of the city killed two people and wounded two others.. Police have confirmed that the suspect was shot dead at the scene, writes BBC.

The series of incidents began at midnight and continued until the early hours of the morning, spokesman for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team Sergeant David Lee said about the shooting, which was reported on the front pages of most of the world's media..

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According to him, the attacker was a person known to the police, but it is " In addition to deaths, among the victims are a woman in serious condition, a man with a severe leg injury.. Both were taken to Langley Memorial Hospital.

Earlier Monday, police alerted Langley residents for only the second time in history about "

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An unmarked black SUV with ball holes was seen near the shooting site.. Police said the attacker also fired at buildings that were closed at the time and no one was there..

Mayor Val van den Broek said in a press conference that the problem of homelessness in British Columbia is relatively more difficult than in other provinces, and called on elected officials at all levels to "

Local homeless advocate Kim Snow told Global News the victims were "

" " They ended up on the street not of their own free will..

Chronology of events.

The shooting began at midnight on July 25 in the parking lot of the Cascades Casino on Fraser Highway, where a critically injured woman was found.. A man was killed at a construction site at 200th Street and 64th Avenue at 3:00 a.m.. The shooter drove to the Langley bus stop at Logan Avenue and Glover Road and fatally shot another person around 5 a.m.. At about 5:45 a.m., an attacker in a white car drove to the Langley Bypass near Willowbrook Shopping Center. There he wounded another man by shooting him in the leg.. The police notice said they were looking for a dark-haired white male wearing a brown blue overalls and a green camouflage shirt with a red logo on the right sleeve.. Shortly before 7:20 a.m., the suspect was identified and died in a shootout with police at the same location..

Recall that Biden is going to ban assault weapons in the United States due to regular cases of mass shooting in public places..