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Friday, March 4, 2016
WILD POLICE CHASE ENDS IN DUNCAN
South Island Traffic, North Cowichan/Duncan and Ladysmith RCMP box in and stop a vehicle after a lengthy pursuit, following a drive-by shooting in Nanaimo on Tuesday afternoon. The chase came to an end at the intersection of Coronation Avenue and the Trans-Canada Highway in Duncan. [@TRANBCVANISLE/TWITTER PHOTO]
Two men arrested following drive-by shooting in Nanaimo A pair of men were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Duncan, following a wild police chase in the aftermath of a drive-by shooting in Nanaimo. The men have been identified by Nanaimo RCMP as 18-year-old Armaan Singh Chandi of Surrey and 19-year-old Inderpal Singh
Aujla of Mission. After a bail hearing Wednesday, the RCMP confirmed the two have been charged with multiple offences, including attempted murder, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and failing to stop for police. Both men were remanded into custody with their next court appearance set for today (Friday) in Nanaimo
provincial court. The incident began when two men drove south from Nanaimo in a blue Mazda after a reported drive-by shooting near a children’s daycare, just before 4 p.m. Police responded to calls about shots fired on Wakesiah Avenue near Second Street in the Harewood neighbourhood of Nanaimo to find that mul-
tiple shots had been fired into a vehicle occupied by one man, who was not injured. “They fired multiple rounds into the vehicle, struck another vehicle and also struck a house,” said Const. Gar y O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman. The suspect vehicle was subsequently located south of Nanaimo and pursued by police.
“It failed to stop for police. It carried on into Ladysmith and into Duncan where Duncan [RCMP] picked up the pursuit,” O’Brien said. Two Nanaimo RCMP members were injured during the pursuit and four police cars were damaged. See ARREST, Page 11
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