One person is dead and several people have been arrested following a shooting in Nanaimo, B.C., on Thursday afternoon. Gary O'Brien said the shooting in the parking lot of the Rock City Centre shopping plaza was reported at around 3:30 p.m. The victim was found dead inside a parked vehicle. Several arrests were made at the Best Western Hotel on Metral Drive in connection with the violence, O'Brien said. A vehicle connected to one of the arrested people was seized as well, and investigators have searched the hotel for forensic evidence.

Source: CBC News May 21, 2021 00:40 UTC