By Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun

METRO VANCOUVER - The yellow police tape remained up around the parking lot of Surrey Lake Park Tuesday afternoon as homicide investigators publicly identified Garry Bassi as Metro Vancouver’s latest murder victim.

Bassi, a 23-year-old Surrey resident, was found slain in his vehicle late Monday after noon at the popular walking park just off 152 Street and 72 Avenue.

At the time of his death, Bassi was on bail for several firearms charges laid in August 2008.

He was due to got to trial in March 2010 and was out on a $75,000 bond, according to court files.

Police are now hoping the public can help them narrow down how long Bassi’s 1992 white Honda Accord was sitting in the lakeside parking lot.

“If you saw the car, when is the first time that you saw the car?” Cpl. Lea-Anne Dunlop said Tuesday. “If you saw it one day, was it there the next? Did you see anything suspicious in and around the park?