Charges laid in Surrey Christmas Day shooting case
ANDREA WOO
The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Jul. 06 2012, 7:55 PM EDT

Last updated Friday, Jul. 06 2012, 8:35 PM EDT
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A 22-year-old Surrey man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a convenience store employee on Christmas day.

William Andrew Whiteside made a first appearance on Friday. He remains in custody awaiting his next court date.

Mr. Whiteside is accused of shooting Alok Gupta, a 27-year-old student visitor from India, in what police believe was a robbery turned deadly. Mr. Gupta was working at the store, located in the 11000-block of 96 Avenue in Surrey, as a favour to the owners, who wished to celebrate Christmas together. Mr. Gupta was a marketing and management student at Kwantlen University College.

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Mr. Whiteside is known to police, having accrued a number of other charges over the past few years, according to court records. They include assault with a weapon, assault with a weapon or causing harm and theft.

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  • Euonymus

    “Students working on campus

    Full-time foreign students can work without a work permit on the campus of the institution where they are studying. For more information, see Studying in Canada: Work permits for students – Working on campus.”
    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/apply-who-nopermit.asp

    At the time of his killing, Alok Gupta was working off campus, which is illegal if he was a full-time student.
    It takes about 20 minutes by car to travel between the two locations (the store at 96 Avenue store and 12666 72nd Ave Surrey BC. which is the Surrey campus).

  • Alok’s brother-in-law

    You should now the facts before writing this comment on a person who did not do anything illegal and still had to pay his good deed with his life. Alok was doing one time favour to the store owner who wanted to celebrate Christmas with this family. For you it is just working on and off campus. For us it is our life destroyed. My request is to please know the facts before writing any false comments about Alok. FYI see the video on this link where IHIT RCMP head cleary says that Alok was not a full time employee. Extremely sad to read your comment.
    - alok’s brother in -law

  • Alok’s brother-in-law
  • Dave

    To Euonymous, Very sad indeed that you would attempt to direct focus onto something so petty and meaningless. Shame on you.

    • Euonymus

      Dave, being able to speculate beyond the sad part of a story is a way to see things from a different angle. Journalists, lawyers, doctors are trained to do so, otherwise they couldn’t do their jobs. And not only them, but any analytical mind.
      Your limited views excuse you.