RCMP were called to Hudson Road in West Kelowna on Aug. 2, 2016 when the driver of a black BMW was shot several times. The man arrested, Tyrone McGee, has been charged with attempted murder for a criminal organization.
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April 17, 2018 - 3:36 PM
WEST KELOWNA – A Lower Mainland man who admits to shooting someone multiple times in West Kelowna two years ago has been sentenced for attempted murder with a restricted weapon.
Police say Tyrone Reynolds McGee, born 1987, was on a bicycle at around 10:15 p.m., Aug. 2, 2016 when he allegedly met up with a man driving a black BMW on Hudson Road near Highway 97.
The driver, a 48-year-old West Kelowna man who has not been identified, was shot several times, according to police, and struck the suspect with his car when he fled before hitting a light pole.
A hospital employee who contacted iNFOnews.ca says the victim was shot six times – twice in the stomach, once in the right bicep, once in the left forearm and once in each leg.
She also said the incident was “gang-related” however RCMP would not confirm that, calling it only “a targeted incident, not a random attack.”
The driver of this vehicle was shot several times in what a KGH employee calls a gang related, targeted shooting.
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McGee was also charged with two counts of possessing a weapon for dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of firearm, possession of firearm contrary to order, attempted murder for a criminal organization, discharge a firearm with intent to wound/disfigure, intentionally discharge a firearm while reckless, possess prohibited/restricted firearm with ammunition, possess firearm without licence, possess non-firearm unauthorized and possession of firearm contrary to order.
On April 6, however, he pleaded guilty to a single count of attempted murder with a restricted or prohibited firearm. After a joint submission by both lawyers in Kelowna yesterday, April 16, McGee was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Crown spokesperson Dan McLaughlin says in an email McGee received credit of 933 days for pre-trial custody and will spend the next seven years and 162 days in jail.
He also received a lifetime firearms prohibition and was ordered to pay a $100 victim surcharge. All other charges were stayed.
McGee has previously been convicted of a Whistler assault in 2009, unauthorized use of credit card data in Surrey in 2012 and several breaches out of Langley.
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