{"id":100767,"date":"2025-07-29T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100767\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T01:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T01:00:18","slug":"didnt-see-it-coming-suspect-identified-in-deadly-maple-ridge-neighbour-dispute-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/100767\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Didn\u2019t see it coming\u2019: Suspect identified in deadly Maple Ridge neighbour dispute – BC"},"content":{"rendered":"

As RCMP and B.C.\u2019s police watchdog investigate the recent tragic chain of events in Maple Ridge, those who knew the man suspected of breaking into his neighbours\u2019 home, setting their vehicles on fire and killing them before taking his own life, describe him as a good family man and a very kind person.<\/p>\n

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Across the street from a community memorial outside the home of retirees Bruce Richards and Roxanne Davidson, a handful of bouquets of flowers are set up on the lawn of Trevor Hillman\u2019s residence near Dewdney Trunk Road and 240 Street.<\/p>\n

Dianne Hammer often visits her son and his family in the neighbourhood where she used to live, and said Hillman was very kind to her grandchildren.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe loved my little grandkids, he gave them the displaced toys that theirs grew out of, and the kids really liked him a lot,\u201d Hammer told Global News.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was willing to talk to them anytime, he helped my grandson with his little dirt bike, things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hammer said her conversations with Hillman were always enjoyable, although she was aware he had been involved in a years-long feud with Richards and Davidson over parking and issues with the couple\u2019s dog on his property.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realize there was this issue going on between the two families,\u201d said Hammer. \u201cTo see such raw hatred, it seemed to me that it just really upset me to see it going back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On July 23, around 6:40 p.m., police were called to the neighbourhood for a report of a dispute.<\/p>\n

RCMP said officers spoke to several people at the scene and left without making any arrests.<\/p>\n

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Just over four hours later, police returned to the same location following reports of a vehicle fire, break and enter, and shots fired.<\/p>\n

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According to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), RCMP discovered two vehicles and an attached garage on fire. A dog and two people, later identified by neighbours as Richards and Davidson, were found deceased inside a home.<\/p>\n

The suspect, said IHIT, was believed to be armed with a weapon inside a neighbouring home, so police contained the residence.<\/p>\n

Around 2:10 a.m., RCMP entered the home with assistance from the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team, and a man was found deceased inside from what appeared to be a self-inflicted wound.<\/p>\n

Neighbours have identified Hillman, who was married with grown children, as the suspect.<\/p>\n

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