Kamloops, B.C., resident raises alarm after shots fired near home

A Kamloops, B.C.resident is calling on police to address violence and drug activity in her neighbourhood following a shooting Monday that sent twomen to hospital.

The residentasked to remain anonymous out of concern for her safety. She lives close tothe scene of theshooting, which occurred on the city's North Shore.

"I did hear the shots," she told CBC about the shooting. "I wasn't exactly aware of what it was, so I went outside and took a look."

The woman didn't see anything,but police soon surrounded the neighbourhood and told her to evacuate.

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The RCMPsay theaddress involvedis well known to police and they have been monitoring the address.

The resident said there have been several other instances in which police have been called to the home.

She hopespolice will take more seriously the criminal activityin the area.

"There areso many families and wonderful people in our neighbourhood who are tired of seeing the violence and the drugs," she said.

'People are tired'

The resident also said the RCMP has told her there isn't much they can do about the ongoing issues in that particular household.

"I just wish there was some way they could do something about it," she said. "People are tired of the police knowing what's going on, yet nobody being able to fix the problem."

Police said there is only so much they can do. "The people who live there also have rights," said Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelkie.

The RCMP has been in contact with the homeowner,who rents the property to the current occupants.

Shelkie said this issue isn't something the police can handle on their own;they're asking the community to work together toaddress the issue.

In particular, they're asking neighbours to keep a diary of the goings on at the home and make themselves available to go to court.

No arrests have been made in relation to Monday's shooting, and the investigation is ongoing. Both victims in the shooting were known to police, butthe two victims aren'tcooperating, and no witnesses were found in the area.

With files from Doug Herbert and Daybreak Kamloops