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One Injured In Shooting Near West Lake

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Friday, January 28, 2011 04:33 PM

Police checkpoint at intersection of Westgate Avenue & Hwy 16 this afternoon
 
Prince George, B.C. - Prince George RCMP are investigating a shooting on a rural property near West Lake. 
 
RCMP received a call of a robbery at 1:43pm this afternoon and information was received that shots were fired.
 
While en route to the property, RCMP officers located an adult male with a non-life threatening gun shot wound.  The male was transported to the University Hospital of Northern BC by the BC Ambulance Service.
 
Prince George RCMP have set up a number of road blocks in the area in search of an unknown number of suspects in a 1990's white van with no windows in the back. 
 
The van has Alberta licence plates. If you see a vehicle matching this description, please call 9-1-1 immediately.  Do not approach the occupants, as they should be considered armed and dangerous.
 
Motives for this shooting have not been determined.  There is no indication that this is a gang-related attack, however the investigation continues.
 
If you have any information about this serious criminal offence, the suspect vehicle or the suspects, please contact the Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-TIPS (8477).

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a little vigilante buckshot to make someone a believer.
I seen them setting up the road block and a few minutes later a conservation pickup truck with its lights on racing down the highway west of town... figured something was up.
Not much information out yet, interesting.