A section of Highway 6 near Caledonia, has been re-opened after a shooting. OPP say the incident is not related to the ongoing Douglas Creek Estates land dispute.UPDATE: Caledonia website says OPP negligent...
Six Nations police arrested a suspect - he is now in the custody of Haldimand OPP.
The website Caledoniawakeupcall.com is reporting that OPP officers refused to step in and deal with the armed man, who was allegedly spotted on the disputed property, before the actual shooting.
Eye witness states that the gun man was on DCE before the shooting at the smoke shop. He reports the following, "I went to see what was going on and heard a native cursing and swearing at a couple of native people.If this is, in fact, true... it's a pretty serious breach of anyone's idea of "serving and protecting."
Then I saw a shorter, heavy set guy come around the corner of a vehicle, he was was holding a rifle in his hands and yelling, "I will fucking kill you right here".
I took off on the run up the street towards the OPP to tell them."
The OPP did what the OPP always do in Caledonia when a Native person is committing a crime, they called for Six Nations Police to deal with the problem.
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OPP UPDATE: The story gets massaged a little...
Donald Leslie Vanevery, 47 of Ohsweken, is facing charges of attempted murder, use of a firearm while committing an offence, possession of a firearm, uttering a threat to cause death and pointing a firearm.
In a statement, the OPP said "the suspect may have been observed at the Douglas Creek Estates, but the suspect's actions were in relation to an issue not related to the ongoing land claim dispute."
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