The accused in a shooting incident in Lac La Hache has been sentenced to an additional two days in jail.
36-year old David Lee Russell was also given credit for 120 days time served, and was also sentenced to 18 months probation and received a 10-year firearms prohibition.
Russell was slated to go to trial today (Jan 15) but pleaded guilty instead to resisting arrest and to the lesser charge of assault, down from aggravated assault.
A charge of discharging a firearm with intent to wound or disfigure was stayed.
100 Mile House RCMP responded to a report of shots fired on the 37-hundred block of Highway 97 back on September 24, 2024.
Upon arrival, police say they found an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound.
The victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect fled the scene in a pickup truck and was later arrested.
