Suspect flees high risk traffic stop, shot fired

Police continue the search for a suspect who got away during an attempted high risk arrest in a WalMart parking lot.

RCMP were called to the West Kelowna Walmart Superstore located on Louie Drive Saturday afternoon, for a reported public sighting of one of Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers most wanted, believed to be a 32-year-old West Kelowna man leaving in a teal green Ford F150 pickup truck.

“Familiar with the wanted man and his known history to flee from police, uniformed officers attempted to conduct a high risk traffic stop with the suspect vehicle. “A combination of marked and unmarked police vehicles were used to box in the suspect’s pickup truck, which he then allegedly used to ram two police cars, in an apparent attempt to escape capture, ultimately pushing one into a civilian’s car causing minor damages,” states Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey of the Kelowna RCMP.

O’Donaghey says during the “dynamic and unfolding events,” the suspect vehicle allegedly drove at a high rate of speed towards one of the officers who had exited their vehicle on foot.

“Fearing that their partner could suffer serious injury or even death, a second officer discharged his firearm, the round is believed to have struck the driver side area of the Ford pickup truck. No police officers or members of the general public were injured during the incident, and police do not believe that the suspect was injured during the altercation.”

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The suspect vehicle fled the Louie Drive area.

“The erratic and dangerous driving behaviours of the suspect vehicle resulted in multiple reports to police along Highway 97 towards Kelowna. The last confirmed sighting of the suspect vehicle was on Westside Road, which prompted a temporary closure of that roadway to allow police to conduct a search,” says the corporal.

Police continue their search for 32-year-old Dayton Lloyd McAlpine of West Kelowna and the 1998 teal green Ford F-150 pickup truck he was last seen driving.

Mounties say the public should not approach McAlpine or his vehicle if spotted, but call 911 immediately.