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Penticton residents recount fatal Monday morning shootings

Penticton residents are reeling after a shooting spree shook the town Monday morning.

Police have confirmed that four people are dead after targeted shootings took place at three locations all within a five-kilometre radius.

Downtown resident Joyce Brennan was taking out the recycling between 9:30 and 10 a.m. when she heard muffled bangs in the area.

“There is a lot of construction going on around us here, so I just assumed it was something to do with that,” said Brennan.

A short time later, Brennan’s son called to say someone had been killed near her house.

J&E Automotive Services Ltd. employee Shelley Halvorson was in her office around 10:30 a.m. when she heard a “pop, pop, pop, pop.”

“All of a sudden, all these cop cars were swarming the area, and an ambulance showed up, and we went outside and I saw a guy laying in the grass,” said Halvorson.

“We were told we had to get back inside because there was a guy — who shot this guy — who was on the loose with a rifle.”

According to Halvorson, three or four officers with rifles and a police dog charged down a nearby side street, while other police officers stayed behind and taped off the area.

“It’s a very quiet area, so it’s a little alarming for this to be happening.”

Less than a block away, Daniel Kenward also reported hearing gunshots before seeing an older man with grey hair lying motionless on the grass outside.

At approximately 11:30 am, a 60-year-old man matching the suspect's description turned himself into the Penticton RCMP detachment where he now remains in custody.

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A second emergency response team was deployed Monday morning near Skaha Lake Road and Yorkton Ave, however, police have determined the incident was not linked to the morning's shootings.

With files from the Canadian Press.



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