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Charges laid in Fort St.James homicide

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Apr, 2023 01:34 PM
  • Charges laid in Fort St.James homicide

Mounties have laid charges related to a homicide last year in Fort St. James.

A 29-year-old man from that north-central B-C community was taken into custody yesterday and remains in jail with a court date set for later today in Williams Lake.

Police were called to a home in Fort St. James on February 25th last year.

Thirty-six year old John Lazare was found dead from a gunshot wound and investigators said at the time that the attack was targeted and there was no risk to the public.

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