100 Mile House RCMP members are currently investigating a shooting that occurred in the Horse Lake Road area on Sunday (March 6) morning.
Police received a report just before noon that a 42-year-old local man had been shot in the arm.
“Officers immediately attended the Horse Lake Road area and attempted to obtain information from the victim about the shooting, but he didn’t co-operate with police,” says North District RCMP Cpl. Dave Tyreman.
He adds police believe this to be an isolated incident and the victim and alleged suspect(s) know each other.
Lone Butte Fire Department members helped the BC Ambulance Service in the helicopter medical evacuation of the victim from the parking lot at Horse Lake Elementary School. They used it because it was the closest clear landing zone to where the incident occurred.
The patient was brought to the school by an ambulance crew and he was in the air and on his way shortly after 1 p.m.
The shooting incident didn’t occur at the school and didn’t happen in the immediate area.
The RCMP is asking anyone who may have heard a gun shot or shots within the eastern Horse Lake Road, Fawn Creek Road and Highway 24 areas between 11 a.m. and noon on March 6 to call police at 250-395-3605 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
