Watchdog investigating after target of Kelowna shooting dies during police incident
One of the two men targeted in last weekend's shooting in Kelowna has died during an encounter with the RCMP, prompting an investigation by B.C.'s police watchdog.
Authorities said officers found the 37-year-old in medical distress at a campground near Enderby overnight, and that they gave him medical attention until paramedics arrived.
Kyle Gianis, who had been the subject of a public warning because of his ties to criminal activity, died at the scene.
In a news release, the B.C. RCMP said officers attended the campground after receiving a report that two women had been stabbed and that a suspect was "acting erratically due to possible drug impairment."
Authorities cordoned off the area and launched a search using a police dog before finding Gianis on an embankment near a river at around 2 a.m., according to the release.
The RCMP said he was suffering what appeared to be self-inflicted injuries. After he died, officers contacted the Independent Investigations Office of B.C., which is tasked with reviewing any police-involved incident that results in death or serious harm.
The two women's injuries were not life-threatening, authorities said.
Gianis and an unnamed 25-year-old man were targeted in a shooting Saturday evening, but both survived. After the attack, Kelowna RCMP cautioned the public that Gianis posed "a threat to our community and the public in general" because of his criminal connections.
Authorities are still trying to track down the shooter, and on Wednesday released a brief surveillance video showing a suspect in a light-coloured hoodie running away from the scene.
The individual was later seen driving away in a light-coloured SUV, police said.
An undetonated explosive device was also recovered from the area, which Insp. Beth McAndie of the Kelowna RCMP described as a "dramatic escalation in violence" in the city.
Authorities confirmed the device was a viable explosive that could have damaged property and seriously injured bystanders.
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