The incident, which lasted about 10 hours, began shortly after 5 p.m. when police said a woman called 911 asking for help from what sounded like a vehicle.
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Kamloops RCMP said they received a second call a short time later about someone driving erratically on Highway 1 and a woman trying to get out of the vehicle. A third call came in shortly before 6 p.m. reporting that a family member and a child had been kidnapped, police said. Officers responding to that call found an empty vehicle with a gun allegedly inside. Story continues below ad 1:06 Kamloops BC Realtor Caught On Camera Drinking Milk From Client’s Refrigerator Kamloops BC Realtor Caught On Camera Drinking Milk From Client’s Refrigerator – July 21, 2022 Shortly after 9 p.m., responding to another report, police went to the suspect’s home where they found a woman injured and bound inside. Around the same time, police went to a farm property where someone had reported seeing the suspect vehicle near a trailer, Mounties said. The police set up a roadblock and called the Emergency Squad.
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“After 3 a.m., the male suspect came out of the trailer with a gun and a child. During the engagement with the officers, the man was shot and killed,” according to an RCMP statement. “The child was unharmed and a woman was later located with non-life threatening injuries inside the trailer.” Story continues below ad Police said both women were taken to the hospital for treatment. Kamloops RCMP are investigating the alleged kidnapping and assault, while the Independent Investigations Bureau has been deployed to the fatal police shooting. © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
