Thavone Narong, identified Friday as the man shot to death on an Abbotsford street Thursday morning, was the father of one of the Surrey Six victims

Thavone Narong, identified Friday as the man shot to death on an Abbotsford street Thursday morning, was the father of one of the Surrey Six victims and had just been released from jail weeks before he was killed.

Cpl. Dale Carr, a spokesman for the RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said there was no link between the two shootings except that the victims were related.

Narong, 49, of Abbotsford, lost his son Eddie Narong, 22, in the Oct. 19, 2007 murders in a Surrey apartment, now known as the Surrey Six killings.

"I want to make it clear they are separate investigations, nearly three years apart, and there is nothing to show a link between the two," said Carr.

He said police officers were speaking to Narong's friends and associates to determine whether the shooting was gang-related and appealed to anyone who may know something about the crime to call the RCMP.

Narong was shot to death in the 3000-block of Charles Court in Abbotsford Thursday morning.

Carr said officers were on scene Friday, going door to door questioning neighbours who may have witnessed something.

Describing the murder as a "targeted hit," police said officers found him in a gold Toyota Camry that had been driven into a parked red Mustang. It was the city's fourth homicide of 2010.

"It is very apparent that he was the target of this homicide. It is not a case of a stray bullet," said Carr.

Carr said Narong was known to police but he stressed that no link had yet been established between Thursday's shooting and gangs, drugs or organized crime.

According to online court documents, Narong had recently been released from jail Sept. 2 on $100,000 bail. He was charged July 1 with weapons possession, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and assault with a weapon. His next court appearance was scheduled for Sept. 21 to fix a date for trial, the documents show.

Narong's son Eddie was shot to death in the penthouse suite of Balmoral Tower along with Corey and Michael Lal, Ryan Bartolomeo, and innocent bystanders Ed Schellenberg and Chris Mohan.

The younger Narong had been linked to the drug trade.

Several members of the Red Scorpion gang, including Jamie Bacon, are in custody and charged in the Surrey Six killings.

Dennis Karbovanec, a member of the Red Scorpion gang, pleaded guilty in April 2009 to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison for three counts of second-degree murder.



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