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- , occupants of a dark-coloured SUV fired multiple rounds—reports put the number at seven to ten—at a moving vehicle on the 2500-block of McCallum Road.
- Early media accounts suggested Virk was travelling in a bulletproof luxury vehicle that took fire, including claims of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan in the convoy.
- Punjabi singer and actor Ammy Virk is unharmed after a drive-by shooting linked to his concert convoy in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on the night of 5 September 2026.
Punjabi singer and actor Ammy Virk is unharmed after a drive-by shooting linked to his concert convoy in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on the night of 5 September 2026. The incident occurred shortly after he performed at Rogers Forum as part of his Unity Tour.
Abbotsford Police said that just after 11 p.m., occupants of a dark-coloured SUV fired multiple rounds—reports put the number at seven to ten—at a moving vehicle on the 2500-block of McCallum Road. No one was injured. Police later found an SUV fully engulfed in flames about five kilometres away on Sunnyside Place and are examining whether the two events are connected. Officers described the shooting as appearing targeted. They have not publicly named the occupants of the vehicle that was hit, citing privacy rules.
Early media accounts suggested Virk was travelling in a bulletproof luxury vehicle that took fire, including claims of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan in the convoy. His father, Kuljit Singh, sarpanch of Lohar Majra in Patiala, rejected those reports. He said his elder son Bhagwant speaks to Ammy daily and confirmed that neither the singer nor his personal car was targeted. The firing, he said, was linked to the show’s organisers and promoters. “He has no enmity with anyone,” Singh added. Virk later posted on Instagram that fans should not believe everything circulating and that, by God’s grace, he was fine and not involved in the incident as reported.
The episode fits a wider pattern of violence around Punjabi entertainers in Canada in recent years. Motive remains unknown. The Abbotsford Police Major Crime Unit is continuing the investigation and has appealed for dashcam and other footage from the area between 10:45 p.m. and midnight. Virk remains on tour in Canada and the United States. Police have not confirmed he was inside the targeted vehicle.
