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Victim’s family shocked by arrests By Tracy Hughes MARKET NEWS STAFF
Barb Myers, mother of murder victim Tyler Myers, wasn’t optimistic the police would have any more news of her son’s killing nearly four years after his death. But a voicemail message on Nov. 5 changed all that. An RCMP officer called to let her know they had arrested a 20-year-old man
and 21-year-old woman and were charging them with first-degree murder. Tyler was shot dead and his body found on the grounds of Bastion Elementary on Nov. 22, 2008. While Barb was informed of the identities of the accused perpetrators, the pair were 16 and 17 years old at the time of the offence and, as such, their names and any information that could
identify them cannot be published under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. “It was a two-edged sword. I was so elated they had cracked the case, but finding out who they arrested, it was such a let-down. I am really shocked and disappointed,” Barb said in an interview from her home in Campbell River. Police confirm both ac-
Tyler Myers cused knew Tyler prior to the murders.
“We don’t believe this was a random murder. By virtue of the first-degree murder charge, we believe it was a planned and deliberate murder of Tyler Myers,” said RCMP major crimes Insp. Gary Shinkaruk at a press conference following the arrests. Investigators would not
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