78-year old Patrick Bettcher is facing two counts of discharging a firearm and one each of discharging a firearm reckless of others life and safety, and assault with a weapon.
He’s due back in court on September 8, 2026.
The charges are in connection with an incident back on June 26, 2024.
Quesnel RCMP received a report of someone suffering from a gunshot wound approximately 17 kilometres up the 16-hundred Forest Service Road.
Police say it was later determined that two men were suffering from non-life threatening injuries and that a third man was at the Wells RCMP Detachment with the intention of turning himself in.
The suspect was released pending further investigation and both victims were transported to hospital.
No other details were released.
