RCMP confirm Peter DeGroot killed in police interaction at cabin near Slocan
Southeast District Commander Chief Superintendent Frank Smart confirmed in a news conference Monday evening in Kelowna that 45-year-old Peter DeGroot of Slocan was killed in a police interaction in a cabin west of the village of Slocan. Smart told media in a press conference at the Southeast District Headquarters in the Central...
Police make appeal to DeGroot in Slocan, 'Come in, let's talk'
RCMP continue their search efforts but are issuing an appeal directly to Peter DeGroot: come in and let's talk. Police have searched a number of areas, including some that have been identified through tips received from the public, however Peter DeGroot T has not been located. Officers have encountered rugged terrain around...
Police urging continued vigilance in Slocan
RCMP continue to search for Peter DeGroot and are urging residents to remain indoors, respect the restrictions, and to stay vigilant. The search for the suspect in an area just west of Slocan remains active and ongoing. That area remains subject to police containment which affects only a few rural homes and a vast wooded...
Police release description of suspected gunman in Slocan
Police have now used Twitter to send out a description of the armed suspect sought near Slocan City: 45-year-old Paul DeGroot is a Caucasian male, 6-foot-1-inch (185 cm), 170 lbs (77 kg), short brown hair, appears to be balding, blue eyes, glasses. Otherwise, as of 4 p.m. Friday, the alarming status quo remains, with the city...
BREAKING: Police name Slocan gunman, use armoured vehicle to extricate residents
Police have released the name of the gunman who has inspired a manhunt so intense as to draw ERT teams, police service dogs and even an armoured vehicle to the tiny village of Slocan City (pop. about 330). Forty-five-year-old Peter DeGroot, of Slocan, is still at large and considered armed and dangerous, but police have...
UPDATED: Gunman still at large; residents being asked to stay indoors, school still evacuated
Update: As an alleged gunman loose near Slocan was not apprehended during the night, the village remains locked down and the school evacuated as of 7:13 a.m., according to RCMP Const. Kris Clark. "The serious public safety risk that prompted the lock-down and subsequent evacuation of the school remains and we continue to ask...
Police continue search after man takes shot a RCMP
Details are slowly coming our from various news media about the police incident that began Thursday afternoon in Slocan. Read update interview with RCMP Const. Kris Clark. According to the Vancouver Province RCMP said the incident began around 12:21 p.m. when police from the Slocan/New Denver detachment responded to “a dispute...
Two arrested, charged thanks to Citizens on Patrol
Two people have been arrested and charged after Citizens on Patrol caught the duo red-handed allegedly committing a break and enter, according to Castlegar RCMP Cpl. Debbie Postnikoff. "On Sept. 28, at approximately 01:09 a.m., the Castlegar Citizens on Patrol (COP) were making their rounds when they came across a suspicious...
Woman charged after Castlegar man killed in fatal accident
A Castlegar man was killed Wednesday morning in Edmonton, after being struck by a truck just before 2 a.m. Global News is reporting that a Dodge Dakota truck was heading north from 23 Avenue down the ramp to Gateway Boulevard when it hit a pedestrian near the end of the ramp. Twenty-five-year-old Brandon (Brando) Robertson ...
Cops find grow op on Crown land
An illegal marijuana grow has been found and dismantled by police, according to RCMP Cpl. Darryl Orr. Orr said that on Sept.17, police followed up on a tip and discovered 77 marijuana plants with a street value of roughly $10,000, in a remote location about a kilometre off the Rialto Forest Service Road (which is about 10km...
