A man is set to be sentenced in Tuktoyaktuk early next month for firing a shotgun at vehicles parked outside a home in the community last summer.
RCMP announced in July 2024 that they had arrested and charged a 30-year-old man after Tuktoyaktuk residents reported an “active shooter” in the community on the morning of Canada Day.
Richard Voudrach was facing six criminal charges in connection to the incident.
He pleaded guilty to one count of intentionally discharging a firearm while being reckless as to the life or safety of another person.
According to an agreed statement of facts, Voudrach had been involved in a fight when a woman unsuccessfully tried to stop it.
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Voudrach then followed the woman home and retrieved a shotgun from his nearby property. He proceeded to load the shotgun outside the woman’s home and fired five shots at two vehicles parked outside.
The shots caused extensive damage to the vehicles. One of the shotgun slugs went through a shed and hit the building behind it.
The woman, her partner and their two young children were inside the home at the time.
Voudrach then went back to his residence where he placed the shotgun in a shed.
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He was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition at the time.
Voudrach was arrested by RCMP without incident.
He was taken to the local health centre to get stitches for a cut above his eye when he said: “I had to pull the trigger to show them who’s the boss.”
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for June 4 in Tuktoyaktuk.
