[URBAN NOTE] "Former Metro Vancouver gangster shot to death in Toronto"

[rfmcdonald]

The Tuesday shooting of this man occurred just down the street from work. The Vancouver Sun's Kim Bolan explains who he was.

A former Metro Vancouver gangster was shot to death in Toronto Tuesday afternoon in a brazen attack that surprised even local police.

Sukh Deo, 34, was inside a white Range Rover when two men started firing at him just before 3 p.m. local time in an alley near the busy intersection of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue.

Toronto police Supt. Reuben Stroble told reporters at the scene that the fatal shooting "is a big surprise for this area, especially at this time of day.”

The luxury vehicle had at least 14 bullet holes visible on the driver’s side window.

Sukh's uncle, Sohan Deo, confirmed it was his nephew who was killed.