Image Credit: Kamloops RCMP

By James Peters

Downtown Stabbing

SURVEILLANCE VIDEO: RCMP hope Kamloops residents can identify stabbing suspect

Dec 3, 2020 | 11:40 AM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP have released video of a suspect after a stabbing at a downtown motel Wednesday (Dec. 2).

WATCH: (Video Credit: Kamloops RCMP)

In a news release, Sgt. Darren Michels says the incident happened at about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at a motel in the 500-block of Columbia Street.

Michels says the victim was stabbed multiple times and is being treated in hospital. It’s not known whether his injuries are life-threatening.

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The victim is known to police with ties to the local drug trade and investigators believe the incident was targeted.

Michels says RCMP are releasing video of the suspect in hopes he can be identified quickly.

The video shows the man leaving a hotel room with what appears to be a knife in his right hand.

Anyone who knows who the suspect is should call Kamloops RCMP at (250) 828-3000 or Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222-8477.