Charges have been laid in connection to a pair of alleged violent incidents in east Kamloops on Monday afternoon.
John Andrew Stark, 31, has been charged with eight counts including attempted murder with a firearm, pointing a firearm and two counts of aggravated assault.
Stark is alleged to have broken into a Campbell Creek home on Monday afternoon and attacked the homeowner when he returned from work just after 4 p.m.
According to police, Stark then went next door and stabbed the owner of that home. He was apprehended a short time later by an off-duty police officer who lives in the area, Mounties have said.
The stabbing victim has since been released from Royal Inland Hospital but the other homeowner remains under medical care. RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie said no shots were fired during the incident, despite the allegation Stark committed attempted murder with a firearm.
A date for Stark’s first appearance in Kamloops provincial court has not yet been set.
Residents in Campbell Creek told KTW they were shocked by the incidents, which took place on the usually quiet cul de sac of Coyote Drive.
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