Man, 19, arrested after double homicide Saturday morning in Lund, B.C.

POWELL RIVER, B.C. – A man has been arrested following a double homicide in a coastal community north of Powell River, B.C., on Saturday.

RCMP say they received reports that someone was shot at a home in the village of Lund just after 5 a.m.

Police discovered two people who were dead and another man with non-life threatening injuries.

The injured man was taken to hospital and has since been released.

A 19-year-old man was arrested and remains in custody.

Mounties say the incident doesn't appear to be random and the public is not at risk.

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