RCMP confirm Silverton stabbing 'targeted, not a random, attack'
By Nelson Daily Staff
Silverton has a listed population of 195 people.
However, B.C.’s second-smallest municipality looked more like the province’s biggest city after two adult males were stabbed during a targeted attack Sunday in Silverton.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Dan Seibel of the Kootenay Boundary Regional Detachment said, “this incident is believed to be a targeted, not a random, attack”.
“It involved illegal drugs, specifically a marihuana grow operation,” Seibel added. “The victims, both adult males, received only minor injuries. They have confirmed that they know one of the suspects.”
The incident happened at roughly 11:30 a.m., when Slocan Lake and Nakusp RCMP members responded to a report of an armed robbery in Silverton involving two suspects with guns.
Two male subjects reportedly entered the Red Mountain Road residence, pointing firearms and getting into a physical altercation with two residents.
One of the residents was stabbed and one of the suspects was also stabbed. Following the altercation, the two victims were able to flee the scene and the occurrence was reported to police.
The suspects departed the residence and their vehicle description was passed along to neighbouring detachments and Nelson Police Department.
Road checks were strategically set up and patrols of the area made.
At roughly 2:30 p.m., on Highway 3 near Bridesville, Midway and South Okanagan RCMP stopped the suspect vehicle with four male occupants.
The quartet was were taken in custody without incident.
A subsequent search of the suspect vehicle revealed a handgun and pellet gun.
“The two suspects arrested in this occurrence have been remanded until Nov. 29, when they will appear in Provincial Court in Nakusp.”
The specific charges have not yet been approved and the names of the individuals have not yet been released.
It has been confirmed that one of the suspects was stabbed in the altercation.
He was taken to hospital, treated and released back to RCMP.
The other two male suspects arrested in this occurrence have been released from custody with no charges pending.
