Church Shooting Victim Fortunate Not To Lose Leg and Foot

A man wounded in a church shooting in Salmon Arm is said to be facing a long road of recovery.

A GoFundMe page says Paul Derkach was attending to his friend Gord Parmenter Sunday in the Church of Christ, when the gunman returned and shot Derkach in the lower right leg before the shooter was taken down.

“Air ambulance flew him to the Kamloops hospital where they did surgery immediately,” says fund creator Kendra Joy. “A miracle that he did not lose his lower right leg and foot, the bone was completely shattered and gone and a rod was put in his leg from knee to ankle. He has a long road of recovery ahead that may include more surgeries and medical procedures and in the near and distant future.”

The fundraiser, which has raised close to $4,000 so far, will help with Derkach’s living expenses.