Murder suspected

THE WEST Vancouver Police are investigating the
suspected murder Monday of a 64-year-old West Vun-
couver woman.

Emergency response personnes were calied to the Park
Royal Towers apartments, 106-935 Marine Dr.. at ap-
proximately 8:30 p.m.

To press time Tuesday, the police kad a suspect in
custody.

The police did not name the victim identified because
next of kin had not been identified; they also declined to
release further information regarding the investigation.

Inquiry urged
LIBERAL OPPOSITION MLAs are calling for an in-
dependent inquiry into the fatal shuoting of a 22-year-
old North Vancouver man last week.

Daniel Possee was shot during a May 12 police drug
raid.

Said West Vancouver-Garibaldi Liberal MLA David
Mitchell, ‘‘We understand that there are already some
internal police investigations going on into this matter
and that’s good, but right now there is such concern
throughout the community with respect to a number of
incidents where it is alleged that police have used ex-
cessive force in net only this incident but in other inci-
dents that have occurred throughout B.C. in the last
short while.”

Mitchell said an independent review would act to
restore public confidence in policing authorities.

Meanwhile, North Vanceuver-Lonsdale NDP MLA
David Schreck has asked the attorney general for an
opinion on a call for an independent inquiry.

Said Schreck, *‘The difficulty becomes that there are
currently three investigations under way, two by police
and one by the coroner’s office. I think it is as important
to be fair to the police involved as it is to be to the vic-
tims of the incident. That’s why it is important to get
advice from the staff of the ministry of the A-G tu see
whether an independent review might be appropriate.”’

Date corrected

A MAY 17 News story incorrectly stated that the West
Vancouver District 45 school board had scheduled a
public information night on the controversial Hillside
middle school issue for Tuesday, June 9.

The meeting, in fact, has been scheduled for Monday,
June 8, in the theatre of West Vancouver Secondary
School, 17506 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver.

It is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

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weekend, a week or even 2 couple
of months. This fellow used to
spend most of the summer and
fall months up there, and in the
winter time he’d hang out in Van-
couver,’’ Lees said.

Lees believes the man who built
the encampment took in aban-
doned cats.

“Apparently it was a drop-off
spot for cats from people from
the city, and apparently the guy
would befriend them and monitor
their actions and so on. It’s all
part of the unofficial culture as
odd as it may seem,” he said.

Lees said the municipality regu-
larly monitors the activities of
Squatters passing through the
wilderness areas.

“It’s important that they know
that we know that they are there.
We're anxious primarily about
fires, and we're very anxious
about sanitation.

**We have a couple of people
who patrol these areas as part of
regular trail maintenance, and if
these peopie are making a mess,
we escort them out because they
are kind of kooky. We don’t want
to endanger in any way the hiking
public,’” he said.

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