Horseshoe Suspect rebbed one man, shot another in chest Anna Marie 0'A News Reporter dana lo@ uses oi, THE quiet community of Horseshoe Bay cooked like a police state on Saturday. AWE. « wath a tailor nhs fest. draw Mocks tram & Horseshoe Bow see dlogk Gl Marne “He patsed aie vanes at Ythink Pee ben st fiter capuap PP “He had abi aie ot bivod under his qacket. We treated has wound and talkeg te: pum” said favor. The man tel! fiqtighters thar the suspect had thecarened to kill him if he didn’t drive the suspect to Vancouver. The gunman tired a bullet in the ground as a warning. The shooting victine’s name was not released by police. He was niken te Lions Gate Hospital where the buller was removed, said West Vancouver Police Sgt. Jim Almas. Almas said the man was released from hospital the next dav. Almas said the victim had arrived at his home to find the shoorer standing in the driveway, The suspect made his demand and the victim gor into the driver’s side of the car. giving the gunman the impression that he would unfock dhe passenger door. The Horseshoe Bay man put the car in reverse and quick: ly backed out of the driveway and down the street. The sus- pect fired several shots through the windshield. The driver was hit by one bullet in the upper chest area. Almas said that police initially treated the shooting and the eartier home invasion in the 6800-block of Marine Drive as unrelated incidents. The home invasion occurred at 1:30 p.m., when a man forced his way in. The suspect brandished a handgin. A 54- year-old man was tied up. The suspect stole jewelry and money. He left in the victi’s car, but the car was fater found abandoned a block away. Wo the esl fis aan ty and Said Bay 9 The vietim was able to tree himself and call police. Police sav the man was net injured, Almas said that in a bid to “contain the suspect.” the area was cordoned off and ne one was allowed to enter Horseshoe Bay tor approximately four hours. Police checked all vehicles and people leaving or entering Horseshoe Bay until midnight. “Residents were cautioned to stay inside their residences and lock the doors,” said Almas. He said that police believe the shooter had lett Horseshoe Bay before the arca was cordoned off. The gunman is described as being Caucasian, in his early 308, 1.78 m (F107) with brown hair, a mustache and a slim build. He was wearing a hooded blue raincoat. Calm had returned to Horseshoe Bay on) Monday. Residents Leslie and Winnie Smith said they were not afraid on Saturday, The couple kept their doors locked and outdoor lights on. andsworth schi Wednesday. November 25. 1998 - North Shore News - 3 Uniman escapes NEWS photos Mike Wakefield HORSESHOE Bay was the focus of an intensive police search on Saturday for a gunman who tied up and robbed one resident and shot another. Police continued to look for the suspect to press time. ‘Tom Huntingtord was working at the Esso station when a customer told him about the police action. “[ wast really too scared because we are in an open area and there were cops blocking all of Horseshoe Bay, but in the back of my mind J was thinking what was going to happen when T got home. Is he out there?” said Huntingford. Merchant Vijay Daval said he was working at his Roval Avenue convenience store when a customer told him about the shooter, “The customer couldn't get back on the high- way, We were on the lookout because we heard the descrip- tion,” said Dayal. He said he was “kind of trightened.” Said Horseshoe Bay resident Maureen Cameron, “I was just shocked that this would happen in our sleepy town.” St. Monica's Church, located at 0404 Wellington Ave., is hosting a BlockWatch debriefing with West Vancouver Police Cpl. Trevor James at7 pan. on Thursday. The weekend's vio- lence will be the main topic. The community event is open to all. expansion cash issued Robert Galster News Reporter rebert@nsnews com portables,” stated Ramsey. “Over the next five vears, half the portables in B.C. — 1,500 of them — will be Gal wae NEWS photo Paul McGrath NORTH Van City employee Darcy Bertram begins the arduous job of freeing a car trapped by a fallen tree a? St. Georges and 19th Street. 105 km-h gust recorded Fram page Vancouver's Pt. Atkinson. Gusts in the area were clocked at 105 km-h. “tr was up there but we weren't breaking records,” said Lacate. The record was set in’ November 1957 when gusts of 329 km-h were record- ed. Nevertheless emergency services were kept hopping through the night, responding to numerous wind-related calls, BC Hydro spokesman Nadine Cahan said approximately 2,500 North Shore customers remained — without electricity to press time Tuesday, At the height of the wind storm, 200,000 Lower Mainland residents were with: out power. “We've called out all of our available crews as well as all our contract crews,” said Cahan, West Vancouver Fire Department Insp. Martin Ernst said fire crews responded to 40° calls, including a handtul reporting transformer tires and knocked-out power fines. West Vancouver Police Department: Const. [an Craib said his department received 11 fire-related calls. Meanwhile = North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Const. Tom Seaman said that no injuries were reported, although several reports of fallen trees were received. HANDSWORTH secondary school’s $3.9 million expansion has finally been approved. “Pin delighted. Pim absolutely delighted. T think the staff has been waiting for six months,” wad Handsworth poneipal ‘ferry Shaw. “And so are our parents (dehght- ed) whe have worked so hard to make sure this woes ahead.” An education ministry press release announced the project on Monday “The North Vanceuser school district can put the job out to tender and proceed with construction as son as possible,” minister of education Paul Ramsey stated in the release. The project will involve tilling in the school’s central courtyard, which will be taken up by anew library on the ground floor and six additional classrooms above it. When the project is completed, Handsworth will have cight new classrooms, increasing the school’s max- imum student capacity from 1,000 ta 1,500, according to ministry projections. Handsworth is currently home to 1,350 students thanks to an extended: instruction schedule. Shaw said construction will likely start in Tate fume once the project’s working plans are complete and its tendering process is complete. The work is scheduled to wrap up in March 2000. “Parents across the province have told us they would prever to see their children in classrooms rather than replaced by new schools and additions, including this project at Handsworth secondary.” The project was initially delayed while ir awaited approval by the Ministry of Finance. Last week, finance minister Joy MacPhail announced the project was a go when she appeared at a West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Her announcement was met with skepticism by West Vancouver-Capilano Liberal MLA Jeremy Dalton, who questioned why the project had to wait as long as it did. The expansion was initially announced last April 15, but had been held up since then by the finance ministry. Ali provineial capital projects need the ministry’s approval betore they can go ahead. Dalton also questioned a reference co an environ- mental assessment performed on the site to determine the project's impact on nearby MacKay Creek. “The expansion project in no way impacts on the creek,” said Dalton. “So why was it asked for?” Environment ministry staff were unable to answer Dalton’s guestions to press time Tuesday because of power outages at their Surrey offices in the aftermath of Monday's wind storm. The environmental assessment is particularly galling, said Dalton, considering the government's handling of other much larger projects. “Perhaps the minister would like to comment as to why SkyTrain is not subject to assessment? Or the Horseshoe Bay expansion (of the BC Ferries facilities)? Or the Cleveland Dam projects?” said Dalton.