Homicide investigators have identified a young man who died in Burnaby Thursday in the hopes of advancing their investigation.
Officers were called to the 7600 block of 17th Avenue at 7:05 a.m. Thursday for what police originally described as a home invasion.
At the scene, they located a 19-year-old man associated to the residence suffering from life-threatening injuries, according to an Integrated Homicide Investigation news release Friday.
The teen, identified by police as Burnaby resident Ryan Nagy, succumbed to his injuries at the scene despite life-saving efforts by first responders, the release said.
A second victim was also located with non-life-threatening injuries.
In its release, IHIT described the incident as an "altercation."
“We believe this was a targeted incident,” IHIT Sgt. Timothy Pierotti said in the release. “We’re asking that anyone who had recent contact with Mr. Nagy, to contact IHIT immediately, as we build a timeline of events leading up to this tragedy.”
Anyone with information, or anyone who was in the 7600-block of 17 Avenue between 6 and 7:30 a.m. on June 29, is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or [email protected].
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