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Man wanted in VLA shooting arrested

The last of three suspects from a shooting in the VLA this spring is in custody.

The last of three suspects from a shooting in the VLA this spring is in custody.

Prince George RCMP apprehended Eric Vern West, 38, on Monday morning after police noticed a number of people passing through an 1100-block Chilako Avenue home that has been associated with the drug trade.

West was among nine suspects spread over three vehicles who were arrested. RCMP then executed a search warrant on the home with the help of an emergency response team.

West has been wanted in connection with an April 15 report of multiple gun shots in the 2200 block of Quince Street.

On that day, RCMP came across a man in an SUV parked in an adjacent alley suffering from a gunshot wound.

Kyle Devro Teegee, 31, was arrested near the scene and Joseph Karl Larsen, 26, was found two days later. Both remain in custody.

Drugs and a firearm were found in the vehicle West was in on Monday and the subsequent search of the home ammunition and drug trafficking paraphernalia, RCMP said.

The home is familiar to the RCMP. In May 2018, Harjinder John Singh Berar, 51, was arrested on drug and firearms related counts after a similar operation was carried out on the home, but those counts were stayed this past March.

In February 2016, he was sentenced to a further 15 months in jail after he was twice caught dealing cocaine and methamphetamine from the home over a 3 1/2 month span.