man sentenced to life in prison for shooting death of vancouver teen bystander
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the parents of alfred wong: samson wong (father) and chelly wong (mother). fifteen-year-old alfred wong was killed in january 2018.
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kane carter, the man found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of a teenage passerby eight years ago in vancouver, has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years.
the court also imposed a mandatory lifetime firearms prohibition, a dna order, and a $200 victim fine surcharge, the b.c. prosecution service said thursday.
in december, a jury found carter, 29, guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of gangster kevin whiteside and 15-year-old alfred wong, who was just passing by in the area with his family in a car on the night of jan. 13, 2018.
the ruling was during a retrial, after the collapse of the prosecution case in september 2024 when a jury could not come to a decision after five days of deliberation.
prosecutors said the slayings were linked to carter using video, cellphone records and carter’s dna in a getaway vehicle.
at that time of the shooting, whiteside was running along broadway shooting at two people in a taxi. court heard the target was a gangster associated with carter. whiteside was hit by gunfire and died.
wong, a student at pinetree secondary in coquitlam, was in the back seat of his parents’ car when a stray bullet hit him in the chest. the family was travelling home after dinner.
court heard that a red van linked to carter was seen leaving the area after the shooting. the van was later found in a parkade of a surrey building where carter rented an apartment.
with files from kim bolan
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