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Man sentenced in relation to 2022 Fort St. James homicide

Darin Bain
By Darin Bain

The North District RCMP says 33-year-old Thomas Duncan has been sentenced in relation to a homicide from 2022.

The Fort St. James RCMP responded to a report of shots fired on Spruce Road in the community on Friday, February 25, 2022.

Mounties say 36-year-old John Lazarre was then found deceased.

According to police, Duncan was arrested and charged in connection to the homicide, and later plead guilty to second degree murder in the shooting death of Lazarre.

On Wednesday, December 3, Duncan was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for ten years.

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Darin Bain
Darin Bain
Darin is a news reporter for Vista Radio's Prince George stations. His career started in the Cariboo in 2020, working as a News Reporter in both 100 Mile House and Williams Lake before making the move to Prince George in late 2021.

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