UPDATE:
Neighbours in the Peacock Mobile Home Park off Baron Road report hearing popping sounds, but didn’t believe they were gun shots.
“It’s frightening,” Tara Virus told Global News.
Her husband said he wasn’t surprised to hear his neighbour got shot.
“I actually knew the guy,” Darrell Virus said. “I knew something was going to go down, one of these days.”
The Virus’ said police showed up within ten minutes of hearing the popping sounds.
“Just heard bang, bang, bang,” Tara Virus said. “And that was about it. We continued watching TV.”
“Ten minutes later, there were cops and ambulances showing up,” Darrell Virus said.
The Virus’ said the victim’s name is Jim.
The suspect or suspects remain at large and police have not said what may have motivated the shooting.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Kelowna RCMP say a man rushed to hospital in critical condition on Thursday night was shot.
RCMP were called to a house in the 1900 block of Baron Road around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday night.
When they arrived, they found a man and a woman doing chest compressions on an unconscious man in cardiac arrest.
The 41-year-old man underwent emergency surgery for his life-threatening injuries.
The heroic actions of the man and woman who initially discovered the victim, combined with the actions of the Kelowna RCMP general duty sergeant, who took over CPR and the B.C. Ambulance paramedics, may have saved the man’s life,
said Kelowna RCMP Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey.
Police continue to examine the scene for evidence and canvass the area for witnesses.
No arrests have been made.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Kelowna RCMP Serious Crime Unit at 250-762-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.