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JUNE 13, 2018 | Volume 31 No. 47
STILL MOVING TODAY’S WEATHER
Chance of showers High 21 C Low 11 C
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
At 83, Bruce Butcher is still doing triathlons
At St. Andrew’s, yes, they can
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SUSPECTS SOUGHT FOLLOWING BROAD DAYLIGHT SHOOTING AT BUSY INTERSECTION 56-year-old shot multiple times, underwent surgery after drug-related attack MICHAEL POTESTIO AND TIM PETRUK
STAFF REPORTERS
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A man suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a brazen daylight shooting on Monday at a busy Sahali intersection — an incident police believe was likely a targeted attack between two rival drug dealers. And the incident may be linked to another shooting earlier that day. Police said masked men inside a Cadillac Escalade opened fire on the occupants of a silver car stopped on McGill Road at Summit Drive just before 1:30 p.m. on Monday. The shooting sent a 56-year-old Kamloops man to hospital. He is expected to survive. Another occupant in his vehicle — who police described as a “young person” — was not injured. Police say the young person is not from Kamloops, but are not releasing a city of residence. Mounties say both occupants of the victim’s vehicle are associated to the Kamloops drug trade. Drivers of both vehicles drove away from the scene immediately after the shots were fired. At the time, police said, it was unknown if anyone had been injured in the incident. See POLICE, A4
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MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW Officers (above) comb the intersection of McGill Road and Summit Drive for evidence following a shooting on Monday afternoon. Kamloops Mounties say the shooting, which sent a man to hospital, was likely drugrelated. Police say the victim is involved in the city’s drug trade. Meanwhile, police are looking for the shooting suspects, who were in a 2007 Cadillac Escalade pickup (left) that was later found abandoned in the Pemberton Terrace area of Lower Sahali. The vehicle was stolen from Vernon, had Alberta licence plates on it and has been in the Kamloops area since late May. Anybody with information on those driving the Escalade is asked to contact police at 250-828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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