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OCTOBER 31, 2017 | Volume 30 No. 130
Attempted murder, other charges follow standoff SHANE WILLIAM CARON ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT MOUNTIES FOUR TIMES DURING FRIDAY INCIDENT TIM PETRUK
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Dressed in an orange prisonissue jumpsuit and sporting a black eye, a Kamloops man accused of opening fire on police on four separate occasions Friday before holing up in his home for 17 hours smiled at his family during a brief appearance in a Kamloops courtroom Monday. Shane Caron, 35, is facing a dozen charges — including four counts of attempted murder for shooting at RCMP officers — stemming from Friday’s events. According to court documents, the incident began Friday morning at a home on Cedar Street in North Kamloops. There, Caron is alleged to have assaulted his ex-girlfriend. At about 9:40 a.m., police tracked Caron to a basement suite on Nanaimo Street, where he allegedly threatened to shoot officers. According to Mounties, Caron
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emerged from the home armed with a rifle and fled in a pickup truck. Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller said officers chased the truck onto the Tk’emlups Indian Band reserve, where shots were
exchanged with police four times. One stray bullet struck a building on Athabasca Way. An employee of Varsteel said he heard multiple shots fired before noticing a bullet hole in a wall. “We heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” Chris Brown told KTW. Caron is alleged to have then fled to his home in G&M trailer park, where neighbours reported having heard multiple additional shots fired. Police have alleged Caron fired at Mounties and then shot his rifle again inside his home. He was arrested at 4 a.m. on Saturday following hours of negotiation with police. “On several occasions, the suspect made explicit threats to police and discharged his rifle within the home,” Mueller said. During his appearance in court on Monday, Caron was placed on a no-contact order with a number of people, including his ex-girlfriend and his father. He is expected to return to court on Nov. 6.
Kathy Caron and Bill McGuinn, parents of Shane Caron. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW
PARENTS SPEAK OUT TIM PETRUK STAFF REPORTER tim@kamloopsthisweek.com
The parents of a Kamloops man facing four charges of attempted murder after allegedly opening fire on police Friday say the incident could have concluded much quicker than it did. Shane Caron was taken into custody early Saturday morning at the conclusion of a 17-hour standoff
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with police. He is facing 12 charges stemming from the incident, before which he is alleged to have fired at Mounties on four separate occasions. The 35-year-old’s parents, Bill McGinn and Kathy Caron, live in the G&M Trailer Park with their son. They argue the incident did not have to turn into the protracted ordeal it became. See MOM, A5
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