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Coquitlam RCMP seek witnesses, video following drive-by shooting on Burke Mountain

By Patrick Penner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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Crime

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September 6, 2024

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A drive-by shooting in Burke Mountain on Sept. 3 has Coquitlam RCMP seeking potential witnesses and video evidence from the public.

Coquitlam RCMP officers responded to multiple reports of gunshots on Coast Meridian Road between Highland Drive and David Avenue at around 10 p.m., according to a department news release.

Preliminary investigations indicated that an individual fired the shots at another vehicle, police said. No injuries have been reported, and police state they believe the incident involved “individuals who are well known to police.”

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Staff Sgt. Ed Yoshiyama of the force’s Investigative Services Section said police are in the initial stages of the investigation.

“Thankfully no one was injured during this act of violence,” Yoshiyama said. “We are also asking anyone who may have dash-camera, cellphone or home surveillance video between 9:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 3, 2024 related to this incident to contact the Coquitlam RCMP.”

The case is being handled by the Coquitlam RCMP General Investigative Services.

Anyone with information is being told to contact the Coquitlam RCMP’s non-emergency line at 604-945-1550, and quote the file number: 2024-23385.

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Patrick Penner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Having spent the first 20 years of his life in Port Moody, Patrick Penner has finally returned as a hometown reporter.

His youth was spent wiping out on snowboards, getting hit in the face with hockey pucks, and frolicking on boats in the Port Moody Arm.

After graduating Heritage Woods Secondary School, Penner wandered around aimlessly for a year before being given an ultimatum by loving, but concerned, parents: “rent or college.”

With that, he was off to the University of Victoria to wander slightly less aimlessly from book, to classroom, to beer, and back.

Penner achieved his undergraduate degree in 2017, majoring in political science and minoring in history.

To absolutely no one’s surprise, translating this newfound education into career opportunities proved somewhat challenging.

After working for a short time as a lowly grunt in various labour jobs, Penner’s fruitless drifting came to an end.

He decided it was time to hit the books again. This time, with focus.

Nine months later, Penner had received a certificate of journalism from Langara College and was awarded the Jeani Read-Michael Mercer Fellowship upon graduation.

When that scholarship led to a front page story in the Vancouver Sun, he knew he had found his calling.

Penner moved to Abbotsford to spend the next three years learning from grizzled reporters and editors at Black Press Media.

Assigned to the Mission Record as the city’s sole reporter, he developed a taste for investigative and civic reporting, eventually being nominated for the 2023 John Collison Investigative Journalism Award.

Unfortunately, dwindling resources and cutbacks in the community media sphere convinced Penner to seek out alternative ways to deliver the news.

When a position opened up at the Tri-Cities Dispatch, he knew it was time to jump ship and sail back home to beautiful Port Moody.