Report85-year-old grandfather killed by stray bullet in his Burnaby bedroomAired September 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM UTCWritten September 9, 2026 at 8:02 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00A stray bullet killed an 85-year-old grandfather in his own bedroom.0:04Chang Young-cho had no connection to the shooting that took his life.0:07Police say the gunfire came from a personal dispute among youths, not a gang0:11confrontation.0:12The question now is whether the young people who hold the answers will break their0:15silence.0:1685 years old, described by police as a grandfather and an innocent victim in his own0:21home.0:22It started before 1:30 in the morning on August 30th.0:25Police responded to reports of shots fired near 18th Avenue and Humphreys Avenue in0:29Burnaby.0:30A suspect vehicle had already fled the scene.0:32Officers found no one injured there.0:34The shooting scene and the apartment where Cho died sit about one block apart.0:38The round that killed him is believed to have crossed that distance into his0:41third-floor bedroom.0:42The shooting happened around 1:30.0:44Cho was not discovered until roughly 4 the same afternoon, a 14-hour gap during0:50which no one knew the bullet had found its mark.0:52Investigators with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team concluded the fatal0:56round came from that earlier exchange of gunfire.0:59They attribute the shooting to a personal dispute among youths believed to be from1:02the lower mainland.1:03They have identified a group of young people they believe were either involved or1:06have knowledge of what happened and are working to determine each person's role.1:15Burnaby RCMP Corporal Mike Collange called it every first responder's nightmare,1:20adding that Cho was known as a lovely person in the community.1:22His funeral is set for September 14th at Living Hope Church in Surrey.1:26Police are asking the young people directly and asking parents to encourage their1:30children to do the right thing.1:31They are also seeking any witnesses, dash cam, or surveillance footage from the1:34shooting area between 12.30 and 2 that morning.1:37Tips can go to the IHIT line or its email address.1:40As of Tuesday, no arrests had been announced, no suspect had been named, and there1:44was no publicly confirmed recovery of the firearm.1:47Investigators say the youths believed to hold the answers know the police want to1:50speak with them.1:51Whether they come forward remains the open question in an investigation still1:55searching for who fired the shot.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗