'Obviously very disturbing': Police search for suspect after shooting sends man to hospital in Nanaimo

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'Obviously very disturbing': Police search for suspect after shooting sends man to hospital in Nanaimo
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A Nanaimo neighbour said she was in her backyard hot tub when a young woman jumped over her fence. 'She kept crying and shaking. She said, 'Please save me – someone pointed a gun to my head.''

One man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting Thursday night in Nanaimo, B.C.Several RCMP officers and paramedics converged on a home on Laguna Way in the Lost Lake area of the city shortly after 8 p.m.

"There were no other reported injuries and from information gathered to date, this appears to have been an isolated incident," said Nanaimo RCMP spokesperson Gary O’Brien. "She kept crying and shaking," Halina Grzyb said. "She said, 'Please save me – someone pointed a gun to my head.'"Some residents in the area said they recently installed security cameras on their homes due to suspicious activity at the house where the shooting occurred.

Mounties confirmed Friday that security cameras on neighbouring properties captured a lot of useful information for the investigation.

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