The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the victim of last night鈥檚 in Abbotsford as 18-year-old Sehajdeep Sidhu.

IHIT spokesman Cpl. Frank Jang said Sidhu did not have a criminal record, but he was known to police and his death is believed to be targeted and linked to other gang violence that has occurred in the Lower Mainland.

Jang also confirmed that there were two other shooting victims, both of whom are expected to survive.

鈥淭his was a brazen shooting in a quiet residential area around dinner time. This incident showed a blatant disregard for the safety of the public,鈥� he said.

The Abbotsford Police Department (APD) received reports at about 6 p.m. Thursday that multiple gunshots had been heard in the area of Huntingdon Road and Gladwin Road.

When officers arrived, they found Sidhu in a parked car on Gladwin Road, south of Huntingdon, near South Poplar Elementary.

He had gunshot wounds, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two vehicles were reported fleeing the scene. One, an Audi, is believed to have transported one of the two other shooting victims to hospital.

The other victim was dropped off at a separate Lower Mainland hospital.

The Audi, riddled with bullet holes, was found abandoned on Pandora Avenue in Abbotsford.

The second vehicle 鈥� a black Nissan Pathfinder 鈥� was found torched in the 27000 block of 60 Avenue in 91原创 about 30 minutes after the shooting.

IHIT is now leading the investigation and is working in partnership with the APD, the Abbotsford forensic identification section, the BC Coroner鈥檚 Service and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit.

Jang said investigators will be in the area as they continue to canvass the neighbourhood and gather evidence.

鈥淲e know there are people out there who know the people involved. They have information. We need those people to come forward,鈥� Jang said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-4448, email ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

SIX PREVIOUS MURDERS THIS YEAR IN CITY

This marks the seventh murder of the year in Abbotsford. Three others were also gang-related shootings: Satkar Sidhu, 23, on Feb. 20 on Steelhead Court; , 20, on March 24 at a home in the 3500 block of Chase Street; and , 18, on Aug. 4 on Oriole Crescent.

The other three homicides were:, 24, whose body was found March 3 on a Ross Road property; , 41, whose body was found May 31 in the garage of his home on Cameron Crescent; and , 62, who was found dead in his Braun Avenue apartment on May 31.

An eighth murder involved Abbotsford woman , 22, whose body was found Aug. 16 in Mission.

Charges have been laid in only one of those murders. , 50, has been charged with second-degree murder in Crothers鈥� death.