Penticton News

Update: RCMP in Penticton now say the death of a woman of a gunshot wound in her home on Canada Day was not a homicide and they are not treating it as suspicious. Jul 3, 2009 / 4:25 p.m.

RCMP in Penticton are trying to determine if they have a murder on their hands.

Police were called to an apartment in the 400 block of Winnipeg Street on Canada Day for the death of a 57-year-old woman.

They are calling the death suspicious.

The unidentified woman had sustained a gunshot wound and called police.

Police say they have not ruled out foul play.

An autopsy will be performed today in Penticton.

RCMP say at this time, they have no information to suggest this was a random act of violence.