Dressed in an orange prison-issue jumpsuit and sporting a black eye, a Kamloops man accused of opening fire on police on four separate occasions Friday before holing up in his home for 17 hours smiled at his family during a brief appearance in court on Monday.
Shane Caron, 35, is facing a dozen charges — including four counts of attempted murder for shooting at RCMP officers — stemming from Friday’s events.
According to court documents, the incident began Friday morning at a home on Cedar Street in North Kamloops.
There, Caron is alleged to have assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
At about 9:40 a.m., police tracked Caron to a basement suite on Nanaimo Avenue, where he allegedly threatened to shoot officers. According to Mounties, Caron emerged from the home armed with a rifle and fled in a pickup truck.
Kamloops RCMP Supt. Brad Mueller said officers chased the truck onto the Tk’emlups Indian Band reserve, where shots were exchanged with police on four occasions.
One stray bullet struck a building on Athabasca Way. An employee of Varsteel said he heard multiple shots fired before noticing a bullet hole in a wall.
“We heard pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” Chris Brown told KTW.
Caron is alleged to have then fled to his home in G&M trailer park, where neighbours reported having heard multiple additional shots fired.
Police have alleged Caron fired at Mounties and then shot his rifle again inside his home.
He was arrested at 4 a.m. on Saturday following hours of negotiation with police.
“This was a prolonged negotiation that was very tense,” Mueller said. “On several occasions, the suspect made explicit threats to police and discharged his rifle within the home.”
During his appearance in Kamloops provincial court on Monday, Caron was placed on a no-contact order with a number of people including his ex-girlfriend and his father.
He is expected to return to court on Nov. 6.
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