Another crazy shootout. Guess it's going to get more crazy after this.
Gangster Jonathan Bacon is dead following a brazen daylight shooting near the Lake City Casino in Kelowna, The Province has learned.
Six people, including Bacon, were rushed to Kelowna General Hospital around 3 p.m. Sunday after at least one gunman opened fire on a vehicle in the parking lot of the Delta Grand Hotel.
One of the injured men is Larry Amero, a full-patch Hells Angels member from White Rock. As of Sunday evening, Amero was clinging to life, a senior police officer told The Province.
It appears the Hells Angels and a splinter group of Red Scorpions were meeting in the area. Police do not know who the shooter is yet but fear a possible all-out gang retaliation war.
B.C. Ambulance spokeswoman Kelsie Carwithen confirmed that paramedics responded to a call in the 1300-block Water Street at 3 p.m., and transported six patients — one in critical condition — to hospital.
The Province has learned one of the victims is a niece of a senior Hells Angel. She was shot in the leg and has survived.
Bacon was to stand trial this fall in B.C. Provincial Court for 15 weapons and drug charges.
He and his brothers, Jamie and Jarrod, have been linked to a number of crimes in the Lower Mainland. Jamie Bacon is presently in prison, awaiting a trial for first-degree murder in the Surrey Six shootings.
Kelowna RCMP Cst. Steve Holmes said the victims were leaving the Delta Grand Hotel parking lot in a white Porsche sports-utility vehicle when the shooters drove up behind them.
At least one man wearing a mask and black clothing opened fire on the victims’ vehicle, which then drove a short distance before coming to a halt.
Kelowna RCMP are asking any witnesses to come forth, though Holmes said the public should have confidence that the RCMP will find those responsible.
“Police believe that the general public is not at risk,” Holmes said. “This kind of incident is quite rare in Kelowna, but when it happens it is shocking to those in the community.”
Early photos from the scene showed paramedics tending to a male victim with closely cropped, dark brown hair and large, coloured tattoos on his arms and chest. He appeared to have wounds on his left arm and leg.
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Gangster Jonathan Bacon is dead following a brazen daylight shooting near the Lake City Casino in Kelowna, The Province has learned.
Six people, including Bacon, were rushed to Kelowna General Hospital around 3 p.m. Sunday after at least one gunman opened fire on a vehicle in the parking lot of the Delta Grand Hotel.
One of the injured men is Larry Amero, a full-patch Hells Angels member from White Rock. As of Sunday evening, Amero was clinging to life, a senior police officer told The Province.
It appears the Hells Angels and a splinter group of Red Scorpions were meeting in the area. Police do not know who the shooter is yet but fear a possible all-out gang retaliation war.
B.C. Ambulance spokeswoman Kelsie Carwithen confirmed that paramedics responded to a call in the 1300-block Water Street at 3 p.m., and transported six patients — one in critical condition — to hospital.
The Province has learned one of the victims is a niece of a senior Hells Angel. She was shot in the leg and has survived.
Bacon was to stand trial this fall in B.C. Provincial Court for 15 weapons and drug charges.
He and his brothers, Jamie and Jarrod, have been linked to a number of crimes in the Lower Mainland. Jamie Bacon is presently in prison, awaiting a trial for first-degree murder in the Surrey Six shootings.
Kelowna RCMP Cst. Steve Holmes said the victims were leaving the Delta Grand Hotel parking lot in a white Porsche sports-utility vehicle when the shooters drove up behind them.
At least one man wearing a mask and black clothing opened fire on the victims’ vehicle, which then drove a short distance before coming to a halt.
Kelowna RCMP are asking any witnesses to come forth, though Holmes said the public should have confidence that the RCMP will find those responsible.
“Police believe that the general public is not at risk,” Holmes said. “This kind of incident is quite rare in Kelowna, but when it happens it is shocking to those in the community.”
Early photos from the scene showed paramedics tending to a male victim with closely cropped, dark brown hair and large, coloured tattoos on his arms and chest. He appeared to have wounds on his left arm and leg.
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