UPDATE: Targetted shooting leads to Nanaimo’s first homicide of 2017 Apr 19, 2017 9:14 AM

NANAIMO — A “brazen” shooting in Nanaimo has left one man dead.

Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O’Brien said the incident happened in the lobby of the Howard Johnson Hotel at 3:20 a.m. this morning, April 19. He couldn’t elaborate on a motive for the killing, but confirmed it was targetted and the public isn’t at risk.

“To have a targetted shooting, as we believe it was, we just haven’t seen that in Nanaimo. It may happen in other jurisdictions but not in Nanaimo.”

Police have one man in custody. He was taken into custody by North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP approximately an hour after the shooting.