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OBSERVER QUESNEL - CARIBOO
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
VOL. 99 NO. 85
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PG man in custody after West Fraser Drive shooting AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter
by Prince George RCMP has resulted in additional A 28-year-old charges relating Prince George to possessing and man is in custody pointing the semifollowing a shooting automatic rifle. at a residence in Quesnel RCMP Quesnel. executed a At 10:45 a.m. search warrant Friday, June 21 at the Prince Quesnel RCMP Krista Vrolyk, RCMP George residence received a report of which resulted shots fired from a in the seizure of residence in the area evidence linking of West Fraser Drive Vining to the Quesnel offence, as in Quesnel. well as a large quantity of dried RCMP members arrived on marijuana, a small quantity of scene and determined that a male suspect had attended the residence methamphetamine, a machete and where he produced a handgun and ammunition. Quesnel RCMP are demanded money before firing the recommending the following gun at the residence. charges: robbery with a firearm, No one was hit. discharging a firearm with intent The lone male departed in a and possession of a firearm while blue pickup truck which was prohibited. reported less than an hour and a Investigation into this half later engulfed in flames on robbery and the vehicle arson nearby Marsh Road in Quesnel. is continuing. Police are asking Investigators do not believe that anyone who may have witnessed this was a random act. a suspicious male or a blue Investigators determined the Chevrolet pickup in the area of male suspect, 28-year-old Eric Marsh Road between 10:45 a.m. John Vining was a violent prolific and noon on Friday to contact the offender from Prince George and Quesnel RCMP at 250-992-9211. very well known to the Prince “The message to offenders George RCMP. is clear,” Cst. Krista Vrolyk, By working in partnership spokesperson for the Quesnel and sharing police intelligence, RCMP, said. Prince George RCMP were able “Police will continue to share to apprehend Vining without incident shortly before midnight at intelligence and work in close partnership in order to ensure that a residence in Prince George. prolific offenders are monitored At the time of his arrest, Vining closely and held accountable for was in possession of another all criminal actions regardless of firearm – a stolen semi-automatic where they are committing their rifle. crimes.” A subsequent investigation
“Police will continue to share intelligence and work in close partnership in order to ensure that prolific offenders are monitored closely...”
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