Tactical team members take Corey Snook into custody after the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Terry Griffin on Salter Place in St. John’s Thursday morning, July 24. Snook has not been charged with the homicide at this point, but remains in custody on charges related to previous alleged offences involving Griffin. Keith Gosse/The Telegram Photo by Keith Gosse /Keith Gosse/The TelegramArticle contentAs a police investigation into the shooting death of a 30-year-old St. John’s man in the city’s west end on Thursday, July 24, continues, a suspect remains in custody. He has not been charged at this point, however, with homicide. 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Article contentArticle contentArticle contentRNC Const. James Cadigan told reporters Friday afternoon that police responded to a report of a shooting at a Salter Place home around 10:40 a.m. Thursday, arriving to find Griffin seriously injured with a gunshot wound.Article content Police could be seen entering a home on Salter Place during a weapons-related call on July 24. Photo by Keith Gosse/The TelegramArticle contentGriffin was pronounced dead inside the residence shortly thereafter. Article content“It was determined in the early stages of the response that this event was targeted, and the suspect was believed to be in the area of Gros Morne Place,” Cadigan said. Article contentOfficers surrounded a home on that street and used social media platforms to issue a shelter-in-place advisory for residents of the neighbourhood and surrounding areas. The order was later expanded to include other streets.Article contentPolice took Snook into custody just before 12:30 p.m. on a nearby street.Article content Tactical team members take a man into custody during an incident that involved a reported shooting and two shelter in place orders issued by the RNC Thursday morning.Keith Gosse/The Telegram Photo by Keith Gosse /Keith Gosse/The TelegramArticle contentAppeared in court Friday morningArticle contentWhile Snook remains a suspect in the homicide, he has not been charged with Griffin’s death at the moment. He has been charged with two counts each of uttering threats and assault with a weapon for earlier alleged incidents, some against Griffin. Article contentArticle contentCadigan said investigators learned of those incidents through the course of the homicide investigation, which is ongoing. Article contentArticle contentSnook appeared in provincial court on those four charges Friday morning, and is scheduled to return before a judge for a bail hearing on Tuesday, July 29. Article content RNC Cst. James Cadigan briefs reporters Friday, July 25, on the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Terry Griffin on Salter Place in the west end of St. John’s a day earlier. – Photo by Tara Bradbury/The TelegramArticle contentWhen asked why charges related to the homicide haven’t been laid, Cadigan said, “The investigation is active. At this time, there are no reasonable probable grounds to lay a charge.”Article contentRNC investigators are asking anyone who may have dash camera, cellphone or CCTV camera footage in the areas around Salter Place, Columbus Drive and Gros Morne Place between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Thursday morning, July 24, to get in touch by calling 729-8000. Article content“Any detail can be valuable to the investigation,” Cadigan said. Article content The RNC is seeking dash camera, cellphone or CCTV footage captured in this area of the wesr end of St. John’s Thursday morning, July 24. – Map courtesy of the Royal Newfoundland ConstabularyArticle contentWhy was a shelter-in-place issued via social media?Article contentCadigan also explained the RNC’s use of social media to issue the shelter-in-place notice.
St. John’s homicide suspect in custody, charged with prior offences alleged to involve same victim
