2 Killed as Masked Gunmen Open Fire in Vancouver Restaurant
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Two masked gunmen burst into a restaurant early Thursday and sprayed it with bullets, killing two people and injuring six, police said.
Police said they were called to the Fortune Happiness restaurant in a neighborhood frequented by drug dealers and prostitutes. By the time officers got there about 4:30 a.m., the gunmen had fled.
"Members arrived to a chaotic scene at the restaurant with tables and chairs overturned, customers shot, broken glass and frantic witnesses," a police statement said.
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Police did not comment on a motive, but suggested it was not a random shooting.
"Typically we'll see things like this and it would indicate to us that it's a targeted hit," said Constable Howard Chow.
Of the six injured, one was hospitalized in critical condition, Inspector Bob Chapman said
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The windows in the front of the restaurant were blown out. Chapman said there were 9 mm and .45-caliber shell casings on the floor.
The CTV television network quoted witnesses as saying one gunman entered from the back of the restaurant, the other from the front.