US EditionOne Hurt in Drive-by Pellet Gun Attacks Targeting Crowds in Nanaimo, B.C.
Two separate drive-by pellet gun attacks targeted random people in Nanaimo, injuring one individual, while police search for suspects and seek witness footage.
- Nanaimo RCMP are investigating two separate Airsoft pellet gun attacks in downtown Nanaimo on Thursday night, leaving one person injured.
- The first incident occurred before 9 p.m. outside the Queens nightclub on Victoria Crescent, when occupants of a black van, possibly a Dodge Caravan, fired pellets at patrons.
- About 30 minutes later, passengers in a silver sedan fired pellets at a bus stop on Terminal Avenue near Port Place Mall, striking one person in the face.
- Reserve Const. Gary O'Brien with Nanaimo RCMP says it remains unclear if the same group was responsible, since both attacks involved different vehicles.
- Police believe the targets were random in both cases and are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage from downtown Nanaimo between 8:45 and 9:45 p.m. Thursday.
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Nanaimo police probe two incidents where plastic pellets shot from vehicles
Nanaimo RCMP are investigating after two incidents on Thursday where Airsoft pistols were fired from vehicles, hitting one person in the face with plastic pellets. The person was at a bus stop on Terminal Avenue, near Port Place mall, when they were hit about 9:30 p.m. by shots fired from a silver s...
Airsoft pellets shot at random strangers in Nanaimo: RCMP
Nanaimo RCMP officers were called out twice on Thursday evening for airsoft pellets being shot into random groups of people. The incidents both occurred on March 12. The first was at Queens nightclub. Just before 9 p.m., people were waiting outside of the club to enter, when a black van with “several occupants” drove past. Airsoft pellets were shot from the van, and a beverage was also thrown from the vehicle. Then at 9:30 p.m., officers were ca…
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