Man sentenced to life in prison for shooting death of Vancouver teen bystander

The parents of Alfred Wong: Samson Wong (father) and Chelly Wong (mother). Fifteen-year-old Alfred Wong was killed in January 2018. Photo by VPD handout /PNG

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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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