The Surrey Police Service (SPS) says a victim sent to hospital in critical condition after shots were fired at a home on Sunday is believed to be the first extortion-related injury in the city this year, amid an increase in the crime.

The shooting happened just before 3 a.m. PT Sunday at a house in the 13000 block of 103-A Avenue.

Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton said a vehicle pulled up to the home and shots were fired at the structure before the vehicle and the people inside it drove away.

Multiple people were in the home when it was shot at, said Houghton.

The victim — a woman in her mid-20s — was struck by a bullet while she was sleeping in the home, said police. Emergency responders gave life-saving treatment before she was transported to hospital in critical condition.

Police later u

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