RCMP On Scene Of Fatal Shooting

By 250 News

Prince George, B.C. -  RCMP have cordoned off several city blocks in the Millar Addition after discovering the body of an apparent shooting victim lying in the snow in the 18-hundred block of Hemlock Street.

RCMP spokesperson, Constable Gary Godwin, says the deceased, a 27-year-old Prince George man, was known to them, but he will not speculate on whether the death is connected to the city's drug trade.

Godwin says officers originally received a call reporting shots fired in the area around 5am this morning.  He says officers investigated, but found nothing.

Another call came into the local detachment at 7:20am, this one from a resident reporting a body lying in the snow.  Police and paramedics arrived, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Godwin says the time of death has not yet been determined.  He says part of the investigation may look at the earlier call out.  He says there was a lot of snow in the area, but also says that officiers found nothing at that time.

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