Shot border guard recovering
Associated Press
SEATTLE
An unarmed Canadian border guard shot in her booth at a busy U.S.- Canada crossing north of Seattle was on her way to a full recovery Wednesday as investigators worked to determine why a 32-year-old motorist targeted her before committing suicide.
The man was driving a van into Canada when he shot Officer Lori Bowcock in the neck Tuesday afternoon at the border crossing at Blaine, then turned the gun on himself. He died at the scene.
Bowcock remained hospitalized Wednesday in British Columbia.
“She is in stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery,” Roslyn MacVicar, the Canada Border Services Agency’s Pacific regional director, said in a statement.
The gunman, identified by the Coroners Service as Andrew Michael Crews, had lived in Bremerton but recently moved to the Seattle area.