News in Niagara

Border guard shot while on the job has been identified

10/17/2012

OPP have identified a Canadian border guard shot while on the job at a crossing south of Vancouver.
   
Sgt. Peter Leon says the victim is Lori Bowcock, who worked as a civilian dispatcher at police headquarters in London, Ont. until this past spring.
   
Bowcock was struck by a bullet in the neck around 2 p.m. Tuesday and remains in stable condition in hospital.
   
RCMP say the guard was working at the Douglas border crossing, known better as the Peace Arch crossing, when the shooter entered Canada with Washington plates.
   
Cpl. Bert Paquet says the first report from the scene was that the man shot the officer in her booth and he then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
   
B.C.'s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is treating the file as an attempted murder.

Leave a comment:

showing all comments · Subscribe to comments
  1. BonnieH_2622 posted on 10/17/2012 11:51 AM
    This article says she is 'in stable condition'.....
showing all comments

News in Niagara

Recent Local Headlines

Local News

  • Police investigating a house fire in Fort Erie
    Police in Fort Erie are investigating a vacant house fire that spread to a neighbouring home.Fort Erie Fire Chief Larry Coplen says crews arrived on scene at 602 Prospect Point Road North just after three o'clock this morning.When they arrived the structure was already to collapse, but had ... read more

National

Recent National Headlines

19.05.2013

Harper to be on hot seat at Tuesday caucus after chief of staff quits

OTTAWA - Emerging from a dramatic week that has seen him lose two senators and his chief of staff, Stephen Harper will focus now on calming down his anxious caucus and righting a listing Conservative ship.

→ read more

Content Provided By Canadian Press.

Programming1