Crime overwhelms Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A small town in B.C.’s central Interior is coping with big city drug and gang trouble that culminated Monday with a shooting that forced the closure of the schools in two communities.
Williams Lake, population 11,000, took on the appearance of a major crime scene as a police helicopter hovered overhead, and marked and unmarked police vehicles patrolled downtown streets.
RCMP Cpl. Dave Tyreman said police seized a firearm and took one person into custody after the shooting around 4 a.m. Monday.