Man sentenced to life for 2018 Vancouver shooting that killed teen bystander

Kane Carter has been sentenced to concurrent lifetime jail sentences with parole eligibility after 17 years for the shooting deaths of 15-year-old Alfred Wong and 23-year-old Kevin Whiteside.

The BC Prosecution Service confirmed Thursday, July 9 that the court also imposed a lifetime firearms ban, a DNA order, and a $200 victim fine surcharge. Carter was convicted in December 2025 following a retrial that began in October 2025.

Police believed Carter, who was known to be involved with gangs, was in Vancouver to shoot a rival who was having dinner at a restaurant near Broadway and Ontario Street in Mount Pleasant on January 13, 2018. Wong was a bystander at the scene. Carter was arrested in Ontario in 2022 after a jury deadlock forced the initial trial to be retried.