A2-Sunday News, May 11, 1980

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girlfnend who had left him and moved in with somebody else.

It was later learned that she had joined him when the gunman had traded off his North Vancouver hostage, freeing Lauree McLeod in exchange for the 16-year- old.

The Gunman took the girl

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into Queen Elizabeth Park and when Vancouver Police tried to negotiate with him for her release he threatened to kill the girl and himself. While police negotiator Sergeant Ken Doern reasoned and argued with the gunman, the number of police in attendance swelled to more than 70, with tac- tical specialists armed with rifles, as well as dog handlers and an emergency response

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Police later refused the man's demand for hum to be allowed to take the girl to Ontario Street to show her a house there, where he said he would release her and then shoot himself.

As the cordon of pohce kept their distance, the man and girl cuddled together, smoking marijuana.

Several times the gunman threatened to shoot the police nacgotiator, who commented that Ahcarm’s mental condition was

“degenerating” even as they

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put on a firedril]. Residents of Parkview Towers in West Vamcouves were shown how the fire department would deal with a fire im a stram high rise and after the demon stration the fire fighters answered questions from the residents. (Terry Peters photo)

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The gunman fired his shotgun over the heads of police at one point and fired a warning shot over Debbie

NV woman was traded for gunman’s girl

Eventually Reid ran off in a bid to escape after being held for almost three hours. Aheam is alleged to have moved forward and to have been confronted by a policeman with a gun, who identified himself and told

when the gunman comply with the demand.

The gunman's shot . also fired, with a spray ag pellets hitting the girl's arm. -

Ahearn was taken to : Vancouver

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