Yukon RCMP arrest 2 suspects in connection with weekend shooting in Whitehorse

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Images of the suspects courtesy of M Division RCMP.

Posted By: December 2, 2019

M-Division RCMP have arrested two suspects in connection with a shooting that happened this past weekend in downtown Whitehorse.

Police say the two suspects were arrested Sunday night.

The two were allegedly involved in a shooting outside the 202 Motor Inn on Jarvis Street early Sunday morning.

 

Police say a man sustained a serious, life-threatening gunshot wound.

RCMP cordoned off the entire block of the hotel and bar, which also contains alcohol off-sales, and a Chinese restaurant.

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Start your morning with the Splash on Denendeh Sunrise from 7:30-8:30am. Campbell was trained and mentored by longtime CKLB host and Gwich'in entertainer William Greenland. Prior to hosting the morning show and filling in on the Saturday Request Show, he had stints in the Yukon on CKRW the Rush, CBC North in Yellowknife, and began his broadcasting career at CJCD Mix 100. Before moving North he was born and raised on the banks of the Tobique River, the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik, Tobique Maliseet First Nation.

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