RCMP in Nanaimo have identified the man who was killed in an apparent targeted shooting at an apartment complex on Saturday.
Police say 34-year-old Troy Dax McKinnon was found just before 11 a.m. in a parking lot of Hawthorne Corner Apartments at Wakesiah Avenue and Second Street.
According to Mounties, the man was known to police.
In 2007, a man with the same name was charged in connection with forcible confinement and assault of a man in Vancouver.
Then in 2012 a Troy Dax McKinnon was charged, along with five others, in connection to a violent Vancouver kidnapping.
RCMP will not confirm if it is the same person.
Officials say Saturday’s shooting was targeted.
A witness tells CTV News they heard several gunshots and one of the bullets hit his house.
“About six shots probably went off, I looked out our bedroom window and I could see there was some car with holes in it … looked by my door and there was actually a bullet hole by the door to my place,” said Caleb Johanson.
Officers remained at the scene of the shooting on Sunday and continue to search for suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345.
