UPDATE – Kelowna RCMP have identified the man killed as Zachary Gaudette.
Police are not releasing any further information including Gaudette’s home town.
UPDATE 8 P.M. FRIDAY: Kelowna RCMP report the victim of an assault outside the Banks Road Cactus Club Wednesday has died from his injuries.
In a press release, the police say the victims name will not be released at this time and that further information related to the matter will also be withheld.
The 30-year-old Ontario man was punched and fell to the ground. He was revived by paramedics and was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries Friday afternoon, according to RCMP.
RCMP are still asking for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact the Kelowna detachment at 250-470-6236 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.crimestoppers.net or texting a tip to CRIMES (27463) ktown.
UPDATE – Kelowna RCMP say the victim is a 30-year-old Ontario man.
He remains in hospital in serious condition.
Police are clarifying there are not two suspects who are co-operating with their investigation.
Investigators are still seeking witnesses to the altercation, believing there are additional Cactus Club patrons who saw what happened and have not yet contacted RCMP.
KELOWNA — Kelowna RCMP are looking for witnesses following an altercation that sent one man to hospital with serious injuries.
The incident happened outside the Cactus Club restaurant off Highway 97 late Wednesday night.
“Kelowna RCMP received a request to assist Emergency Health Services who were responding to a report of a man in medical distress and laying on the sidewalk outside the Cactus Club restaurant located at 1575 Banks Road,” says Cst. Jesse O’Donaghey. “The male had became unconscious prior to the arrival of emergency crews, who rushed him to hospital where he remains in serious condition.”
Police say there are likely more witnesses who have not spoken to them.
“The Kelowna RCMP are continuing their investigation and are actively following up on leads. Police are seeking witnesses to this altercation, and investigators suspect that there may be additional witnesses, who were at the Cactus Club restaurant at the time of the incident, who have not yet spoken with police,” says O’Donaghey.
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KELOWNA, B.C. – A man is in serious condition after a fight outside the Cactus Club restaurant on Harvey Avenue at Banks Road Wednesday night, according to RCMP.
“The Cactus (Club) manager was trying to revive him as a server was on the phone with 911,” said Damjan Majar, who was eating dinner inside the restaurant when the incident happened around 9 p.m.
Majar said it took RCMP and paramedics a long time to arrive, with the unresponsive young man lying on the rocks in the restaurant’s landscaping for about 20 minutes. He said the manager performed CPR the entire time.
The man may only have been punched once, according to the witness, who said there was no blood nearby.
Police said the man fell to the ground and immediately went into medical distress after being punched. Paramedics were able to revive him and took him by ambulance to Kelowna General Hospital, said an RCMP officer at the scene.
RCMP said two suspects are cooperating with the investigation. The Cactus Club has given surveillance video to police for review.
Majar said the young victim looked to be about 20-years-old.
RCMP taped off the Cactus Club entrance area and landscaping where the man fell to investigate.
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