"Longtime gangster Barinder (Shrek) Dhaliwal hit twice by gunfire, while shooter is killed in exchange."

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Assassin dead in exchange of gunfire.

How do residents protect themselves from such violence-being hit by stray bullets?

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This past July two gunmen attempted an assassination in a Kamloops, British Columbia restaurant parking lot.

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"Eyewitnesses told Castanet two men emerged from the trees adjacent to the parking lot and shot at Cole and two others in a dark SUV, which was driven down an embankment and into the river. Patrons of a neighbouring restaurant fled inside to escape the gunfire." Photo credit to Unsplash Mountie