Ranjit Singh Cheema, 44, was killed in a targeted drive-by shooting in southeast Vancouver on the morning of May 2, 2012. At about 9:30 a.m. he was outside his parents’ home in the 1100 block of East 61st Avenue, near Ross Street, and was shot as he was getting into his vehicle. Police found him in the roadway; witnesses reported a rapid series of gunshots, some saying six or seven, and the gunman or gunmen fled in a vehicle.

Investigators quickly treated the attack as a deliberate, gang-related killing. Cheema had a long criminal history including cocaine trafficking and an international heroin-smuggling conspiracy; he had been extradited to the United States, pleaded guilty and served a federal sentence, returning to British Columbia only months before his death. Police considered his attempt to re-establish himself in the local drug trade and disputes with former associates as possible motives, though no individual was publicly identified as responsible.

Hundreds attended his funeral under heavy police scrutiny; officers photographed attendees and recorded licence plates. No arrest has been publicly reported and the case remains an unsolved targeted killing. If anyone saw an unfamiliar vehicle or suspicious activity near East 61st Avenue around that time, can you share what you remember?