By Greg Fry

Mounties investigate shooting in Merritt

May 22, 2018 | 5:47 PM

MERRITT — A Merritt man is expected to make a full recovery following a shooting last Friday.

Merritt RCMP Sgt. Norm Flemming says it occurred around 4 a.m. that morning at Sumac Gardens on Clapperton Avenue.

“A resident, a 30 year old male, he’d just gotten home, he’d been in the bush setting up camp. He’d just put his stuff away, had a smoke on his porch when he noticed a person he didn’t know skulking around in the parking lot,” he says.

“He went over to address him and shortly after a discussion a dark-coloured vehicle, a four-door, pulled up. Some conversation occurred when from the backseat a shot occurred from a small-calibre pistol and he was shot in the knee.”

Flemming says the vehicle then sped away and the other guy took off running as well. He says there’s no indication yet if the person the victim was speaking to was connected to the people in the car.

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He asks anyone with information about this case to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or the Merritt RCMP at 250-378-4262.