A 100 Mile House man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with an October 2021 homicide in the South Cariboo community, RCMP said in a release.
In the evening hours of October 19, 2021, 100 Mile RCMP received a 911 call reporting what sounded like gunshots in the industrial area of the community. Police responded and located a person with a gunshot wound who succumbed to their injuries.
James Eugene Perkins of 100 Mile House was arrested without incident on Friday, October 20.