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Attacks on residents lead to attempted murder charges INTRUDER ENTERED TWO HOMES, BEATING ONE MAN, STABBING ANOTHER AND SENDING BOTH TO HOSPITAL TIM PETRUK
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Charges have been laid in connection with a pair of violent incidents in east Kamloops on Monday afternoon. John Andrew Stark, 31, has been charged with eight counts, including attempted murder with a firearm, pointing a firearm and two counts of aggravated assault. The charges stem from incidents on John Stark faces numerous charges in connection with a pair of violent incidents in two Campbell Creek homes on Monday. The 31-year-old Kamloops man is in custody and will return to court on Dec. 4. FACEBOOK PHOTO
managed to keep the suspect in the vehicle until officers arrived. The stabbing victim has since been released from Royal Inland Hospital, but the other homeowner remained in hospital as of Wednesday afternoon. Shelkie said no shots were fired during the incident, despite the allegation Stark committed attempted murder with a firearm. Stark will next appear in court on Dec. 4. Residents in Campbell Creek told KTW they were shocked by the incidents, which took place on a usually quiet cul de sac, “My dogs were barking at the front window, so I went to give them heck,” said a nearby neighbour, who asked that her name
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Monday in Campbell Creek. According to police, the violence began just after 4 p.m. when a man returned home from work to find a burglar inside his Coyote Drive house. While struggling with the intruder, the homeowner sustained serious injuries, including lacerations to his head. The burglar then ran from the home and broke into a nearby house. The homeowner in the second residence confronted the intruder and was stabbed. Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said an off-duty Kamloops Mountie saw the suspect leave the second home and chased him, with the suspect running to a third house, where he climbed into a vehicle. The off-duty Mountie
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not be published. “I saw our neighbour come out of the garage and go down the street talking on his cellphone. “Then police cars and an ambulance pulled in a short time later. “Then we saw our other neighbour being loaded into the ambulance and then another ambulance came. Flashing lights everywhere.” The woman said the scene looked like something out of a movie. “This is our little piece of heaven,” she said. “It’s scary stuff because this is a safe neighbourhood. We thought so, anyway.” Said another neighbour: “This place, I’ve always felt very safe because almost nothing ever happens. I’ve never had any concerns.”
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