Kamloops RCMP said in a release that officers responded to Ord Road near Singh Street around 10:45 p.m. PT for reports of two men who had been shot while inside a red Toyota Matrix. Police said the driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead shortly after officers arrived. A second person in the vehicle was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. A few hours later, around 2 a.m. Saturday, police were called to vehicles shot at on Frontage Road in Rayleigh, about a 20-minute drive north of where the shooting occurred. Police say they are investigating whether the two incidents are related.
The victim is known to the police
Investigators said the dead victim was known to police and the shooting appears to have been targeted. The Kamloops RCMP Serious Crime Unit is asking anyone with information, security footage, cell phone or body camera video related to the shooting to call 250-828-3000 and reference file number 2022-30179.
