Murder charge laid after 20-year-old fatally shot in Surrey townhome

A man has been charged with murder in relation to a deadly shooting at a Surrey, B.C., townhome late Tuesday.

Ali Khudhair, 24, was charged Wednesday with one count of second-degree murder. Court records show he appeared before a judicial justice for a bail hearing that night and remains in custody.

Khudhair is accused of fatally shooting Keryane Arsenault, 20, in her home in the Guildford neighbourhood around 9 p.m. PT on Tuesday. She was shot inside the townhouse in the 9700-block