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Preliminary inquiry now underway in March 2014 grow-rip shooting

A preliminary inquiry is underway for a man accused of shooting one man and assaulting another during an attempted grow-rip at a Walnut Grove rural property in 2014.

Christopher Carl Agin, 30, and Rosemary Souriyavong, 25,  are both charged with robbery with a firearm and break and enter. Agin, a Surrey resident, is facing a charge of discharging a firearm with intent, aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm and possession of a restricted firearm.

On March 16, 2014, police were called to a property in the 8300 block of 216 Street after gunfire was reported.

A licensed medicinal marijuana grow operation was found on the property, as was one person who had been shot and another assaulted.

A foot chase of the suspects made its way into a quiet Walnut Grove subdivision, where arrests were made with help from police dog services and the Emergency Response Team. A gun was also seized.

Souriyavong goes to trial in April 2016.



Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the Langley Advance Times.
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