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Man shot in home invasion

UPDATE 10:30 A.M. 

Kelowna RCMP are currently investigating a home invasion in Lake Country that left one resident tied up and another sent to hospital with a gunshot wound.

On Sunday at 11:33 p.m., the Lake Country RCMP received a report of a home invasion on the 10000 block of Tyndall Road.

“The report indicated that two unknown men entered the home with a gun,” says Cpl. Joe Duncan. “A 61-year-old woman was tied up and the 65-year-old man in the residence was shot in buttocks area.”

Paramedics attended and transported the man to Kelowna General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The RCMP Police Dog Service, as well as Forensic Identification Service, both attended the scene.

Duncan says the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Kelowna RCMP at 250-762-3300. Remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.crimestoppers.net or text to CRIMES (274637) ktown.


ORIGINAL 9 A.M.

A Lake Country man is in hospital this morning, recovering from a reported gunshot wound suffered Sunday night.

Kelowna RCMP have not yet commented, but Castanet was told the man was shot in an alleged home invasion.

Emergency responders were called to the scene shortly before midnight on Tyndall Road near Nighthawk Road.

One witness says the RCMP canine unit scoured the scene after the victim was taken away in an ambulance. 

The man, believed to be in his 50s, was shot in the buttocks and taken to Kelowna General Hospital in stable condition.

Castanet will have more details as soon as they are available. 

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