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Two men dead in mill shooting Two more people injured in incident Wednesday at Western Forest Products site in Nanaimo
area and in an office. A shotgun was recovered from the scene. Two men are dead and two Four males with gunshot more are in hospital after a wounds were transported to shooting at Western Forest hospital by paramedics. Two Products in Nanaimo Wednesdied of their injuries, accordday morning. ing to Fisher. At a press conNames of the ference, Nanaimo deceased were RCMP Supt. Mark not released by Fisher said police B.C. Coroners Serreceived a 911 vice until next of call at roughly 7 kin are notified. a.m. about shots Don Demens, fired at the mill. president and RCMP members CEO of Western from Nanaimo Forest Products, arrived on scene said it was a within minutes, tragic incident. entered the buildNo layoffs from ing and arrested the mill were a male suspect pending, and police believe is standard security DON DEMENS responsible for was in place at the shooting. the time of the The 47-year-old Nanaimo shooting. resident is a former employee “Employees will move about of the company. and park their cars and move “I want to stress that at on to their job sites [in] reguthis time, we have no indicalar course,” said Demens. tion that there are any other Grief counselling will be prosuspects involved in this incivided, he said. dent,” Fisher said. “At this time At the scene, Janine Westby, it also appears the suspect, whose ex-husband works in now in custody, acted alone.” mill management, said she Fisher said it was the RCMP’s received a text from him saying understanding that the shoothe was OK. ing occurred in the parking lot Al Fraser, a trucker for MarBy KaRl yu
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ABOVE: An RCMP officer carries away what appears to be evidence gathered at the scene of a multiple shooting at Western Forest Products in Nanaimo Wednesday morning. Two people were killed and two others remain in hospital. Police arrested a 47-year-old Nanaimo man as a suspect in the shootings. RIGHT: An RCMP constable sets up a police barrier at the entrance to the Western Forest Products mill. CHRIS BUSH and KaRL YU THe newS BULLeTIn
pole Transport Ltd. that ships lumber, said that all the truckers have been sent home and there was no indication that anything was happening earlier in the morning. “It was very quiet this morning. It was just a normal day,” Fraser told the News Bulletin at the scene. “I heard through our work and everything this
morning ... I heard there was a mass shooting at the sawmill.” Nanaimo Mayor John Ruttan said he was saddened by the shooting, adding this isn’t a usual occurrence in the city. “It’s very difficult to understand and Nanaimo for the most part is very peaceful and this type of violence is extremely rare and I can’t
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recall a similar incident in 50 years that I’ve been here,” Ruttan said. Fisher said the investigation is still in its preliminary stages and investigators are still gathering information. For the latest updates on this story, please check www. nanaimobulletin.com. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com
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