Public Safety Minister Mike Morris has issued the following statement related to approved charges in the August 2015 Dover Park shooting:

“It is a priority that those engaged in gun crime and gang activity are apprehended, and I am pleased to see significant headway being made by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit – with the support of the Vancouver Police Department and the Richmond RCMP – in the investigation of this shooting.

“Law enforcement agencies throughout the province are working together to ensure criminals find no safe haven in B.C., and gangs are feeling the pressure. Recent police actions and arrests have destabilized the groups involved in targeted shootings in the Lower Mainland and considerably reduced their drug-trafficking operations.

“Targeted shootings, the low-level drug trade and the conflicts surrounding it continue to be extremely concerning to our government. I can assure the people of British Columbia that police and community leaders throughout the Lower Mainland will continue to work relentlessly to keep these criminals off our streets.”