Prafull Koli
05-22-2003, 10:59 PM
Police hunt for B.C. hospital shooting suspect
CTV.ca News Staff
Police in British Columbia are warning that the suspect wanted in the shooting deaths of his wife and his mother-in-law in a hospital room Tuesday night is armed and dangerous.
The RCMP have issued a province-wide alert for Bryan Bruce Heron, 52, who they allege calmly walked into the Mission Memorial Hospital in Mission, B.C. Tuesday, went to a private hospital*room where Anna Adams, 68, was visiting her daughter, Sheryl Heron,*41, and shot them both dead.
Police spent Tuesday night scouring Mission with no luck, RCMP Sgt. Grant Learned
Sheryl Heron*and*her mother were killed shortly despite a restraining order against her husband, who worked as*a prison guard.
"That individual had come to our attention six days ago when a member of his wife's family went to Mission RCMP and made inquiries about obtaining a restraining order in the event of a marital separation," Learned told reporters at a news conference Tuesday night.
"This has all the appearances of a marriage in the state of deterioration."
RCMP say*the restraining order had been issued because Heron had been harassing his wife. But Cpl. Pierre Lemaitre says there had been no indication he would become violent. Police say Heron was a prison guard for 30 years with no history of violence.
When Heron entered the hospital Tuesday,*a worker, suspicious about a man wandering the hospital, called security. A guard found the man in the victims' room and, not noticing*a weapon,*asked him to leave.
Learned said the man told the guard he would be leaving in a couple of minutes, at which point the guard went to notify hospital staff and police. "At that time the shooting began," Learned said.
The RCMP believe the suspect fled the scene immediately following the shooting, possibly driving a 2003 grey Toyota Matrix four-door station wagon with a B.C. licence plate 258-HKH.
Bruce Heron's sister Diane issued a plea for her brother to surrender.
"Bryan, we love you and you need to do the right thing, and come back,'' she said. "Everything will be OK.''
RCMP say have checked Heron's home, but found it empty, and so far there have been no tips as to his whereabouts. Hern is described as an outdoorsman who could survive in the wild. While the search is focused mainly in the rural area outside of Mission, police admit he could be anywhere at this point.
With a report from The Canadian Press
CTV.ca News Staff
Police in British Columbia are warning that the suspect wanted in the shooting deaths of his wife and his mother-in-law in a hospital room Tuesday night is armed and dangerous.
The RCMP have issued a province-wide alert for Bryan Bruce Heron, 52, who they allege calmly walked into the Mission Memorial Hospital in Mission, B.C. Tuesday, went to a private hospital*room where Anna Adams, 68, was visiting her daughter, Sheryl Heron,*41, and shot them both dead.
Police spent Tuesday night scouring Mission with no luck, RCMP Sgt. Grant Learned
Sheryl Heron*and*her mother were killed shortly despite a restraining order against her husband, who worked as*a prison guard.
"That individual had come to our attention six days ago when a member of his wife's family went to Mission RCMP and made inquiries about obtaining a restraining order in the event of a marital separation," Learned told reporters at a news conference Tuesday night.
"This has all the appearances of a marriage in the state of deterioration."
RCMP say*the restraining order had been issued because Heron had been harassing his wife. But Cpl. Pierre Lemaitre says there had been no indication he would become violent. Police say Heron was a prison guard for 30 years with no history of violence.
When Heron entered the hospital Tuesday,*a worker, suspicious about a man wandering the hospital, called security. A guard found the man in the victims' room and, not noticing*a weapon,*asked him to leave.
Learned said the man told the guard he would be leaving in a couple of minutes, at which point the guard went to notify hospital staff and police. "At that time the shooting began," Learned said.
The RCMP believe the suspect fled the scene immediately following the shooting, possibly driving a 2003 grey Toyota Matrix four-door station wagon with a B.C. licence plate 258-HKH.
Bruce Heron's sister Diane issued a plea for her brother to surrender.
"Bryan, we love you and you need to do the right thing, and come back,'' she said. "Everything will be OK.''
RCMP say have checked Heron's home, but found it empty, and so far there have been no tips as to his whereabouts. Hern is described as an outdoorsman who could survive in the wild. While the search is focused mainly in the rural area outside of Mission, police admit he could be anywhere at this point.
With a report from The Canadian Press