Kamloops RCMP have located and arrested a suspect that fled from an incident at the Tournament Inn on Saturday afternoon.
WATCH: Kamloops RCMP search for suspect after shots fired at motel
Police were looking for 41-year-old Michael Shawn Boyer, whom they refered to as armed and dangerous.
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RCMP were called to the motel at 5:20 p.m. on Saturday.
When police approached Boyer to take him into custody, he became violent and pulled out a handgun.
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Shots were fired.
An officer was injured, but not shot, in the melee.
Boyer fled the scene and remained at large until Monday.
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