Abbotsford News, March 30, 2012

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One dead, one injured in Mission shooting Abbotsford man took his own life after shooting targeted victim Jason ROESSLE Black Press

One man is dead, and another is injured after a shooting on Manson Street in Hatzic Wednesday around 10:30 p.m. Mission RCMP say when they arrived at the home, located between Dann Avenue and Catchpole Avenue, they found one man, a 41-year-old Mission resident, inside the house shot in the head. The shooter, a 47-year-old

partner.” Abbotsford man, was located She added Mounties had no outside, dead from a self-inflicted previous knowledge of any relagunshot from a handgun. tionship problems, the investigaThe victim was taken to Royal tion is ongoing, and no exact Columbian Hospital via air motive is yet known. ambulance and is in critiO VIDLEINE Neighbours across the cal condition, however, ON ws.com abbyne street said their 11-year-old police say he will live. son heard three gunshots Mission RCMP Sgt. from his second-floor bedMiriam Dickson said, “I can room window. confirm that the shooter ... was “We were all shocked,” said familiar with the victim as he Jacquelyn Turner, describing the had been in a previous relationneighbourhood as quiet. ship with the victim’s current

Her husband, Magnus Turner, said he believes there were two children living in the home. They were reportedly taken away by a family member in a car around 2 a.m. The Turners were watching television when the shooting took place and neither heard gunshots, but went to the front door when Magnus noticed emergency crews arrive. Jacquelyn said the neighbours had moved in about a month ago.

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A shooting at this home in the Hatzic area resulted in one man dead, and another seriously wounded on Wednesday night.

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