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Former Metro Vancouver gangster shot to death in Toronto
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.
The dead man's father Parminder got a call from someone in Ontario, Sohan Deo said, and headed to Vancouver airport to get a flight to Toronto.
Parminder called his brother before he left.
"The family is very upset," Sohan Deo said. "It is terrible."
He said his nephew, who was married with young children, had moved to Toronto a few years ago and was running a trucking company with a friend.
"I went there in May and I stayed with him a few days. He took me to where those trucking businesses are," Deo said.
He said he has no idea why his nephew would have been targeted.
"I really can’t say anything. It’s hard for me to say anything because he was over there," he said.
Sukh Deo was well-known to police in the Lower Mainland and was a suspect in at least one continuing investigation here at the time of his murder.
His brother Harjit was convicted in a 2005 gangland kidnapping along with others in the Independent Soldiers gang. The kidnap victim had been held in the garage of the Deo family home in New Westminster, where police later arrested several suspects.
Sukh's father Parminder is wanted on an Interpol warrant on drug smuggling charges laid in India. He earlier told The Sun he was innocent and had hired a lawyer in the Punjab to fight the case.
Sukh Deo was an avid fan of the Toronto Raptors, his uncle said. Just last month he was ejected from his courtside seat at Game 4 of the Raptors' playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers after heckling the referees.
"All our kids, they watched him on that day," Deo said. "He was a really big fan of that team. He always goes to watch the games."
Toronto police said on Twitter that they're looking for two men in Deo's murder. They were seen fleeing the area in a black car. Both were wearing construction vests — one green and one orange.
In B.C., Sukh Deo had convictions for resisting a police officer, driving while suspended and assault.
Anyone with information about his murder is asked to call the Toronto Police Service homicide squad at 1-416-808-2222 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.
kbolan@postmedia.com
blog: vancouversun.com/tag/real-scoop
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Well as the article headline says he was a "former gangster", and as sad as it is that someone has died, his previous actions and those of his mafia style family , got him killed. He was targeted and its not a random shooting. This family has a history of crime and it surprises me that the family is surprised by the outcome of their lifestyle. When you play dirty and live a life of crime you would think that karma would come back to you. Judging by the information listed in the article I would say this news is sad but I am not at all surprised. What goes around comes around.
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.
The dead man's father Parminder got a call from someone in Ontario, Sohan Deo said, and headed to Vancouver airport to get a flight to Toronto.
Parminder called his brother before he left.
"The family is very upset," Sohan Deo said. "It is terrible."
He said his nephew, who was married with young children, had moved to Toronto a few years ago and was running a trucking company with a friend.
"I went there in May and I stayed with him a few days. He took me to where those trucking businesses are," Deo said.
He said he has no idea why his nephew would have been targeted.
"I really can’t say anything. It’s hard for me to say anything because he was over there," he said.
Sukh Deo was well-known to police in the Lower Mainland and was a suspect in at least one continuing investigation here at the time of his murder.
His brother Harjit was convicted in a 2005 gangland kidnapping along with others in the Independent Soldiers gang. The kidnap victim had been held in the garage of the Deo family home in New Westminster, where police later arrested several suspects.
Sukh's father Parminder is wanted on an Interpol warrant on drug smuggling charges laid in India. He earlier told The Sun he was innocent and had hired a lawyer in the Punjab to fight the case.
Sukh Deo was an avid fan of the Toronto Raptors, his uncle said. Just last month he was ejected from his courtside seat at Game 4 of the Raptors' playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers after heckling the referees.
![Sukh Deo (second from left in jeans and black shirt) talks to officials as he is ejected from a Toronto Raptors game last month. Deo was shot to death in Toronto on June 7, 2016. TSN via YouTube, screen grab. Best image quality available. [PNG Merlin Archive]](https://postmediavancouversun2.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/sukh-deo-second-from-left-in-jeans-and-black-shirt-talks-t.jpeg)
- Sukh Deo (second from left in jeans and black shirt) talks to officials as he is ejected from a Toronto Raptors game last month. Deo was shot to death in Toronto on June 7, 2016.
Toronto police said on Twitter that they're looking for two men in Deo's murder. They were seen fleeing the area in a black car. Both were wearing construction vests — one green and one orange.
In B.C., Sukh Deo had convictions for resisting a police officer, driving while suspended and assault.
Anyone with information about his murder is asked to call the Toronto Police Service homicide squad at 1-416-808-2222 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.
kbolan@postmedia.com
blog: vancouversun.com/tag/real-scoop
twitter.com/kbolan
My Thoughts
Well as the article headline says he was a "former gangster", and as sad as it is that someone has died, his previous actions and those of his mafia style family , got him killed. He was targeted and its not a random shooting. This family has a history of crime and it surprises me that the family is surprised by the outcome of their lifestyle. When you play dirty and live a life of crime you would think that karma would come back to you. Judging by the information listed in the article I would say this news is sad but I am not at all surprised. What goes around comes around.
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