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A shootout that shocked Vernon was triggered by an attempted armed robbery, B.C. Supreme Court heard this week.
Jacob Lowes, one of three men charged in the August 2014 shootout, is on trial for attempted murder using a restricted or prohibited firearm, intent to wound and other firearms charges.
He lived at the notorious Green Valley Hotel in Vernon when the violence erupted in his room.
The man's friend, Darren Chapman, testified in B.C. Supreme Court Friday that he'd spoken with Lowes three or four days after the shootout.
"I thought he'd been shot, so I was happy to see him," said Chapman, adding he ran to the parking lot to greet his 32-year-old friend when he saw him.
He said Lowes told him that several people, including one with a shotgun, tried to rob him in his room. Lowes told Chapman he chased them out of the hotel and into Polson Park.
Chapman testified Lowes bragged to him that the men who tried to rob him "ran like bitches."
The incident became the talk of the town.
Police flooded the area after numerous shots were fired on Aug. 12, 2014. An RCMP helicopter took to the air, as police dogs sniffed on the ground.
Chapman, who was a heroin addict at the time, testified he'd slept – or was passed out – during the entire noisy incident.
The defence in the case argued Friday that the fact that Chapman was likely high on heroin, or possibly crystal meth, when he spoke to Lowes makes his testimony about what the accused apparently told him unreliable.
Details also emerged Friday about the fear residents of the derelict motel felt.
It has since been shut down.
Chapman testified the motel was a "pretty rough place" to live and that he had an "uneasy feeling there."
It was a feeling, he said, that was shared by Lowes.
"You're always kind of sleeping with one eye open," said Chapman.
He said Lowes, who wasn't from Vernon, was taken aback by the craziness of the motel. Lowes told Chapman he wasn't going to be bullied or taken advantage of by any of the "predators" there.
Two other suspects, Adrian Dziedzic and Robin Rochemont, have also been ordered to stand trial in connection with the shooting.
The trial continues next week.
