Suspect arrested in February 2022 Sarnia, Ont. shooting incident
Sarnia police have identified a suspect allegedly involved in a shooting incident in February in which people inside two separate vehicles pursued each other throughout a Sarnia neighbourhood, and shots were fired at one of them.
According to a press release from the Sarnia Police Service, just before midnight on Feb. 23, 2022, police responded to the area of Kathleen and Walnut avenues involving a call for shots fired.
Officers determined the incident stemmed from a confrontation between two parties. Police said the two involved parties, both inside two separate vehicles, pursued each other through the neighbourhood.
Police said a passenger in one of the vehicles fired several rounds at the other people involved. The individuals who were shot at continued to follow the suspect vehicle and were able to corner it, at which time additional shots were fired at them.
The suspect vehicle then fled the area.
No one was injured in the incident.
As a result of what the Sarnia Police Service Criminal Investigations Branch calls an “extensive investigation,” a suspect has been identified by police as the alleged shooter.
A 22-year-old man from Windsor, Ont. was arrested with assistance from the Canada Border Service Agency, and has since been charged with the following offences:
- Two counts of discharging a firearm with intent
- Two counts of assault with a weapon
- Two counts of pointing a firearm
- Possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Occupant of a motor vehicle knowing there was a firearm
- Two counts of failing to comply with a release order
The accused remains in custody pending a bail hearing.
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