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   From: Panca@nyet.ca   
      
   Aw, c'mon . . . .  you gun huggers can at least venture a guess !   
      
   It always comes from the home of one of those 'law-abiding gun owners' in   
   Canada - or from across our heavily-protected CBSA borders.   
      
   And we're still waiting to hear where the Parliament shooter got his rifle . .   
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   CBC News Posted: Dec 04, 2014   
      
      
   Kenneth Michael Knutson charged in shooting of Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud   
   RCMP announce charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault   
      
      
   RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., have announced charges against a 36-year-old man in   
   connection with the shooting of RCMP Cpl. Jean Rene Michaud.   
      
   Kenneth Michael Knutson has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated   
   assault and two firearms-related charges after the officer was shot during an   
   early morning traffic stop on Wednesday.   
      
   Knutson has a lengthy criminal record dating back more than a decade.   
      
   In 2002, he was charged with second-degree murder, but the charge was reduced   
   to manslaughter and later downgraded to criminal negligence involving death   
   when the Crown failed to prove the shooting was not accidental.   
      
   At the time of that shooting he was on probation for drug offences, possession   
   of stolen property and for assaulting a police officer in 2001.   
      
   In 2009, Knutson was convicted in Surrey, B.C., on three firearms charges   
   related to a police stop after being found with a loaded restricted handgun   
   while wearing body armour.   
      
   A judge found that Knutson's gun was "loaded and cocked" with a bullet in the   
   chamber.   
   He was given a lifetime firearms ban.   
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   Police revealed Thursday that they have found and seized Knutson's Chrysler   
   Intrepid, which they had been looking for.   
      
   During the investigation, RCMP said they arrested three women, but wouldn't   
   speculate on charges or their connection, if any, to the investigation. Police   
   said one of the women was arrested on outstanding warrants.   
      
      
   Further surgery expected   
      
   Michaud remains in hospital in Kamloops in critical, but stable condition and   
   is expected to undergo further surgery.   
      
   Earlier in the day, B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office announced it was   
   no longer involved in the investigation into the shooting.   
      
   The IIO initially considered exerting its jurisdiction in the case, after it   
   was revealed the suspect was shot in the arm by police after his car was pulled   
   over by Michaud on Wednesday.   
      
   However, it says it has determined after a review that it does not need to   
   become involved — a determination it says is usually based on the severity of   
   the suspect's injuries.   
      
   RCMP officials said an officer backing up Michaud returned fire after the   
   Mountie was shot.  The 13-year veteran of the force was critically wounded   
   during a traffic stop on Wednesday morning.  He is 40 years old and has a wife   
   and two young children.   
      
   The uniformed officer, who was driving a marked cruiser, stopped a vehicle as   
   part of an investigation around 2:45 a.m. at Batchelor Drive and North River   
   Drive.  Michaud, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot as he approached   
   the vehicle.   
      
   "I can say that our officer was fired upon as he approached the suspect vehicle   
   and the backup officer who was also in attendance returned fire towards that   
   vehicle," Mueller said.   
      
   Kamloops RCMP announced Wednesday afternoon that a suspect had been arrested   
   "without incident" in the Batchelor Heights area of Kamloops around 3:30 p.m.   
   PT Wednesday.   
      
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