Once again, police responded to gunfire coming from a moving vehicle.

This time it was on Sunday, April 4 around 2:30 p.m. when witnesses called police for what they believed were gunshots coming from a moving vehicle.

The vehicle was seen driving near Green Mountain Road and Shingle Creek Road, west of Penticton.

Police located the vehicle and attempted to pull it over but the driver fled at 害羞草研究所渁 high rate of speed,害羞草研究所� police said.

The vehicle continued westbound for several kilometres until the driver eventually stopped on their own. Officers were then able to take all four occupants into custody.

After searching the vehicle, police found firearms, according to Penticton RCMP Const. James Grandy.

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The other three occupants of the vehicle also face several charges. They were all later released from custody on undertakings to appear in BC Provincial Court on June 23

This is the third incident involving gunshots from moving vehicles in the Penticton area since March 20, 2021.

The first one involved a vehicle害羞草研究所檚 passenger shooting at Penticton police in the West Bench area on March 20.

The second incident involved two vehicles chasing each other out of the parking lot of the Ramada where witnesses saw gunfire being exchanged. In that March 26 incident, no one was arrested.

If you witnessed this incident, or have any other information, you害羞草研究所檙e asked to call the Penticton RCMP at 250-492-4300. Or remain completely anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477

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