<p>Canadian police reported multiple shootings of homeless people Monday in a Vancouver suburb and said a suspect was in custody.</p>.<p>The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said most of the shootings were in downtown Langley. There was one report of a shooting in neighboring Langley Township.</p>.<p>Police Sgt. Rebecca Parslow said she had no immediate details on the victims' conditions.</p>.<p>Mounties issued a cellphone alert about 6:30 am, telling people to avoid the area.</p>.<p>Police closed off a main route through the center of the city. Authorities later issued a cellphone alert saying the suspect was in custody.</p>.<p>Authorities initially said they were unsure if the shooter acted alone. But police later said the man in custody is believed to be solely responsible.</p>.<p>A homicide team confirmed on social media that its investigators deployed to Langley to help the mounted police.</p>.<p>Yellow police tape surrounded a sandwich shop and a parking lot in Langley at the scene of one of the shootings. A black tent was set up over one of the crime scenes.</p>.<p>Langley is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Vancouver.</p>.<p>Mass shootings are less common in Canada than in the United States. The deadliest gun rampage in Canadian history happened in 2020 when a man disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires across the province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people.</p>.<p>The country overhauled its gun-control laws after an attacker named Marc Lepine killed 14 women and himself in 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique college.</p>.<p>It is now illegal to possess an unregistered handgun or any kind of rapid-fire weapon in Canada. To purchase a weapon, the country also requires training, a personal risk assessment, two references, spousal notification and criminal record checks. </p>
<p>Canadian police reported multiple shootings of homeless people Monday in a Vancouver suburb and said a suspect was in custody.</p>.<p>The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said most of the shootings were in downtown Langley. There was one report of a shooting in neighboring Langley Township.</p>.<p>Police Sgt. Rebecca Parslow said she had no immediate details on the victims' conditions.</p>.<p>Mounties issued a cellphone alert about 6:30 am, telling people to avoid the area.</p>.<p>Police closed off a main route through the center of the city. Authorities later issued a cellphone alert saying the suspect was in custody.</p>.<p>Authorities initially said they were unsure if the shooter acted alone. But police later said the man in custody is believed to be solely responsible.</p>.<p>A homicide team confirmed on social media that its investigators deployed to Langley to help the mounted police.</p>.<p>Yellow police tape surrounded a sandwich shop and a parking lot in Langley at the scene of one of the shootings. A black tent was set up over one of the crime scenes.</p>.<p>Langley is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Vancouver.</p>.<p>Mass shootings are less common in Canada than in the United States. The deadliest gun rampage in Canadian history happened in 2020 when a man disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires across the province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people.</p>.<p>The country overhauled its gun-control laws after an attacker named Marc Lepine killed 14 women and himself in 1989 at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique college.</p>.<p>It is now illegal to possess an unregistered handgun or any kind of rapid-fire weapon in Canada. To purchase a weapon, the country also requires training, a personal risk assessment, two references, spousal notification and criminal record checks. </p>