Kane Carter, 29, has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 17 years for shooting Alfred Wong, 15, who was in the back seat of his parents’ car
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Prosecutors said the slayings were linked to Carter using video, cellphone records and Carter’s DNA in a getaway vehicle.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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With files from Kim Bolan
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