Gun-related crime more common all over: cops: "By Janis Cleugh
The Tri-City News
Nov 25 2005
A number of incidents involving firearms have happened in Tri-City
Gun-related crimes are now common around the Lower Mainland - not just in the Tri-Cities, Mounties say.
'The number of gun incidents are going up everywhere,' said Coquitlam RCMP Const. Dave Babineau, who noted, 'One shooting in the community is alarming.'
Monday, police investigated a report of a 30-year-old Coquitlam man who accidentally shot himself in the leg while playing with a stolen handgun at a friend's house in Port Coquitlam; he initially told officials he was shot while being robbed, Babineau said, and now faces charges of mischief and possession of stolen property.
Sunday at 4:45 a.m., a 22-year-old Abbotsford man was targeted during a shooting in the 700-block of North Road. The victim, who is known to police, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Babineau said.
And Nov. 12, a 49-year-old Coquitlam man, also known to police, was shot at around 1 a.m. near Foster Avenue and Robinson Street. The incident was not a random attack, police said.
Other local gun-related incidents in the past three months include:
a drive-by shooting in the 600-block of Lost Lake Drive;
an attempted grow of rip with a shotgun at the wrong house in the 1100-block of Como Lake Avenue;
an armed robbery at Little Caesar's Pizza at 1175 Johnson St.;
a hold-up with a handgun at Quizno's at 435 North Rd.; and
a shooting in the courtyard at a Port Moody apartment complex during an apparent drug rip-off that left a woman with a bullet in her brain; she is now on life-support.
Other police news:
CHASE & ARREST
A suspected car thief crashed the vehicle he was driving early Monday after leading police on a high-speed chase through downtown Port Coquitlam.
The driver of the Dodge Neon was arrested after he was found by a police dog hiding near the intersection of Shaughnessy Street and Wilson Avenue. He faces charges of possession of stolen property, breach of probation and breach of recognizance.
ASSAULT & THEFT
A commuter parked on the side of the road to check his truck fluid levels was assaulted and had his vehicle stolen last Friday.
The theft happened shortly before 11 a.m. Nov. 18 in the 900-block of Tupper Avenue when the suspect approach the driver and slammed the hood down on his head three times, then made off with his truck.
Coquitlam RCMP located the vehicle eastbound on Mary Hill bypass a short time later and followed it into a cul de sac. The driver was arrested after a short foot chase.
The suspect faces charges of robbery, possession of stolen property and breach of recognizance.
jcleugh@tricitynews.com"
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