Surrey Mounties are investigating a death threat that was spray-painted on the garage door of a residence in Clayton Heights over the weekend.

Ivan Scott, founder of Keep the RCMP in Surrey, says the resident is a 鈥渟upporter鈥� of KTRIS but he wouldn鈥檛 reveal who.

鈥淚鈥檓 not going to say who that is, we鈥檝e got really not too much to say right now regarding that. The police are looking into it,鈥� Scott told the Now-Leader on Monday.

Asked if he think it鈥檚 connected to the civic election, Scott replied, 鈥渋t seems more than just coincidence that this would happen.

鈥淚 would assume that it is connected with the election, yes.鈥�

鈥淚t is horrible.鈥�

KTRIS has been a vociferous opponent of the city鈥檚 transition to the Surrey Police Service from the RCMP and has also endorsed mayoral candidate Brenda Locke and her Surrey Connect slate heading into the election.

Surrey RCMP Cpl. Vanessa Munn said Monday police on Oct. 2 received a report about the spray-painted threat, that reads 鈥淯r dead!!鈥� in large white letters.

鈥淭hat investigation remains ongoing and we鈥檙e asking that anyone with information contact police,鈥� Munn said. The file number is 2022-149900 and the number to call is 604-599-0502.

鈥淚鈥檓 not able to confirm anything about the potential victim of the threat,鈥� she said.

Meantime, on Sunday night KTRIS sent an email alerting media to the threat. 鈥淎t this stage it is not clear who the perpetrators are, but KTRIS believes that due to the fact that KTRIS recently endorsed the Surrey Connect slate of Brenda Locke for the upcoming municipal election, that this was definitely targeted against us by one of the competing slate鈥檚 supporters. KTRIS will be monitoring the situation very closely and will not be intimidated at all into reviewing our stance regarding the RCMP and our endorsement of Surrey Connect,鈥� the email reads, from Ivan Scott and the KTRIS team.

鈥淗ow low can Canadians sink to? Evidently this low. I am bitterly disappointed - it is illegal, unethical, immoral, dishonest and threatening. Is this a hate crime? Is this a connived strategy? Etc.?鈥� the email reads.

tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com
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