A Victoria man has been charged with attempted murder using a firearm after a car was hit by gunfire in Oaklands last weekend.
Dennis Salvador, 45, is also charged with intentionally discharging a firearm while being reckless to the life and safety of an another person, and with possessing a firearm — a Sig Sauer pistol — without a licence and registration certificate.
The name of Salvador’s alleged intended victim is protected by a publication ban. The offences are alleged to have occurred on Sunday in the area of Ryan and Shelbourne streets.
On Friday, Salvador, a heavyset man with long brown hair and a beard, appeared by video link in Victoria provincial court from the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre where he has been in custody since his arrest in James Bay on Sunday.
His lawyer, Geof Simair, asked for the case to be adjourned until Thursday. It is not known if Salvador will request a bail hearing at that time.
At 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, Victoria police received a 911 call from a woman who said someone had shot at her car. She was not injured, but police found bullet damage on the car.
The incident led to the closing of the 1700-block of Kings Road for much of Sunday after officers identified a suspect and surrounded a house. Police asked people to avoid the area as they cordoned off the block.
The Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team was called out.
Forensic identification officers, major crime detectives and canine officers were also on scene.
People living in the area said they heard a flash grenade go off in the house about 10 a.m.
Officers executed a search warrant at the house after spending hours outside calling for the suspect to come out. They later found the suspect in James Bay.
