Mounties Accused of Excessive Force

A man shot by police in Salmon Arm is in intensive care in hospital — and the man’s mother feels the Mounties used excessive force.

Cindy Winter makes the claim in a Facebook post, saying her 22 year old son Kaymen Winter was shot in the head and shoulder and may have brain damage.

“So this is what i know….he was in salmon arm (sic) at the car wash in one of the wash bays….cops pulled up and i don’t know what happened,” Mrs. Winters writes on Facebook.

Mrs. Winter also says her son did not have a weapon.

“I think someone will be paying a pretty penny for firing on a unarmed person,” she writes.

RCMP say they shot a suspect in an alleged theft at a car wash Monday after the man tried to escape.

The Independent Investigations Office is looking into the case to determine if there was any wrongdoing by the police.

Photo of Kaymen Winter from Facebook.