Harsh Khatri and his best friend made dinner together and played a game on Friday night inside their South Vancouver house. This was the last time he’d see his closest friend. Chirag Antil, 24, was found deceased inside a vehicle near East 55th Avenue and Main Street. Police believe he was shot at 11 p.m. He tells Glacier Media that Antil parked his car near their house on 55th Avenue as Main Street was closed for the Vaisakhi parade scheduled for the next day.
A police officer came to their residence and explained how it was Antil who was shot and killed. The pair lived with two other people.Antil was working as a loss prevention officer at No Frills and as a sales associate at SoftMoc. “We were trying to get into the corporate world,” he says. “We thought of settling here for the future; that was our plan, have our own house and family.” “He just tried to make people laugh,” says Khatri. “He was very, very funny.” “He hasn’t any arguments with people. We never had any fights with anyone. He shared everything with me and he never mentioned anything or any sort of argument."
“We did everything together. I am suffering because he was a part of me. His parents are suffering," he says. “An innocent person is killed … without a reason,” he says. “Now, he’s gone. He’s gone.”