Written by FRANK PEEBLES
Citizen staff
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 |
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LOWER MAINLAND
When the family moved to the 2300 block of Webber Crescent they expected it to be the quiet, family-orientated neighbourhood everyone said it was.
Instead, on Tuesday night, they came face-to-face with the second and third homicides of the year in their new city. Four weeks ago they were awoken by the RCMP's tactical team as it raided the neighbour's home.
"The crime like this, you expect it there, that is why we left there, but not in Prince George," said the neighbour, who doesn't want to be identified. The family moved to Canada from Eastern Europe to pursue better opportunities in life. They have a young family and were raising them in Surrey, until they couldn't stand the crime anymore.
The family has four children "so all our noises are inside" and nothing was heard or perceived that might fit with the two homicides next door.
Until the Sept. 12 police raid on the home, which turned up a number of handguns and resulted in five arrests, there was no indication that anything was amiss with that house, said the neighbour, except one very alarming instance.
"You remember that shooting that happened this summer in the downtown? Well that day was the first day we ever saw this (Lincoln Navigator) at this house. It pulled into the driveway and it had many bullet holes."
Other neighbours are also upset that something so violent and so apparently gang-connected would happen in Prince George, let alone their community.
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