Shooting and carjacking in Okanagan possibly linked to policed-involved shooting in Nanaimo: RCMP
NANAIMO — RCMP across B.C. are now investigating a potential link between a shooting and carjacking in the Okanagan and the fatal police-involved shooting in Nanaimo.
In a late Wednesday statement, police laid out a sequence of violent crimes leading to a suspected stolen vehicle being spotted on a ferry to Departure Bay on Tuesday morning. The arrest attempt that followed ended with a man being shot dead by Mounties.
Police said the first incident was a targetted shooting in broad daylight on Monday, May 7 in Vernon that left a man with life-threatening injuries. The alleged shooter was seen leaving in a car which was spotted in West Kelowna early the same afternoon.
Seven hours later, a man with a gun was spotted at a Penticton motel. Police said he matched the description of the alleged shooter in Vernon and ran away before they arrived.