Nephew heard loud bangs in direction of gang shooting condo: trial

VANCOUVER – The nephew of one of the innocent bystanders killed in a horrific gang shooting near Vancouver says he heard a series of loud noises in the direction of a condo where his uncle and five others were gunned down.

But Zach Brown says he can’t be sure exactly what the noises were, and he told police at the time he didn’t think they were gunfire.

Brown was at the Balmoral Tower condo development in Surrey on Oct. 19, 2007, servicing the building’s gas fireplaces with his uncle, Ed Schellenberg.

Schellenberg was last seen entering unit 1505, where he, building resident Chris Mohan, and four men with ties to drugs and gangs were executed.

Brown has told the trial of three alleged gangsters that he was servicing a fireplace in unit 1508 when he heard four or five loud noises, but shortly after, he told police the noises sounded like something hitting a wall, rather than gunshots.

The trial of Matthew Johnston, Cory Haevischer and Quang Vinh Thang (Michael) Le has heard that 19 shots were fired in what the Crown contends was a hit on a drug rival, with five others killed to eliminate potential witnesses.

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