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Suspected home invader dead after encounter with B.C. homeowner: police

RCMP investigating violent incident on west side of Quesnel Friday
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One man is dead after allegedly trying to invade a Cariboo home Friday afternoon (Jan. 5).

“The homeowner reported that an armed man attempted to rob him and that there was a violent encounter leaving the intruder dead,” said Quesnel RCMP Sgt. Clay Kronebusch in a news release issued Monday.

The incident was reported to police on Friday evening (Jan. 5) at 5:38 p.m.

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Frank Peebles

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I started my career with Black Press Media fresh out of BCIT in 1994, as part of the startup of the Prince George Free Press, then editor of the Lakes District News.
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