N.S. man who shot woman near motel arrested: police
Nova Scotia RCMP say they've arrested a 52-year-old Truro man wanted on a provincewide warrant in connection to a shooting near a motel in Brookfield on Sunday.
In a social media post made after 6 a.m. Friday, police said Darren Trevor Jackson was arrested at a home in Nuttby on Highway 311 in Colchester County.
According to police, Colchester County District RCMP responded to a report of shots possibly fired near a Highway 2 motel around 9 p.m. on Sunday. Police say a man shot at a woman and her vehicle.
Police say they later found victims in a Truro hospital and learned one woman, 30, suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, while another woman, 29, was not injured.
Police identified Jackson as the suspect and issued an emergency alert around 11:10 p.m. The alert was cancelled Monday morning after investigators determined there was no immediate threat to public safety.
On Wednesday, Jackson was charged with:
- attempted murder (two counts)
- aggravated assault
- use of a firearm
- pointing a firearm
- possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- unauthorized possession of a firearm
- breach of a prohibition order (two counts)
- operation of a conveyance while prohibited
For more Nova Scotia news visit our dedicated provincial page.
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