Salt Springer murdered in Mexico

Condolence messages began pouring onto Robin Wood?s Facebook page on Tuesday morning, fewer than 12 hours after the Salt Spring Island resident was shot and killed during a home invasion in the resort town of Melaque on Mexico?s Pacific coast.

Arvid Chalmers, an island-based realtor who winters in the coastal town, confirmed Wood died before getting transported to hospital.

?Unfortunately it is true,? Chalmers wrote in a brief email from Mexico on Tuesday afternoon. ?We had a home invasion last night by two robbers, one of whom had a pistol. Robin got involved and was shot as a result.?

Although Chalmers called police when thieves left the home, emergency personnel could not reach the nearest major hospital, located approximately 20 kilometres away, before his friend passed away.

?The robbers left and I called the police. However we did not get to Cihautlan in time,? Chalmers wrote.

Wood, 68, was a well-known Salt Springer, former owner of the Beddis Road Garage and mechanic at the old Payless Gas station on Rainbow Road.

Chalmers said he is physically fine but heartbroken as a result of the incident. He did not provide any more details about the incident or offer a possible motive for the robbery.

Fellow Salt Spring resident Rick Neufeld arrived in Melaque on Tuesday morning.

?We are mostly walking zombies trying to process how unfair, how absurd [it is] that this should happen to good people,? he wrote in an email.

He said details of the incident are still speculative.

?My heart breaks, my tears fall for my dear brother Robin,? writes Sharon Tolagson on Wood?s Facebook site. ?So needless, so very loved. Sending hugs to all the sad loved ones on Salt Spring right now.?

Anna Hughes, a Gulf Islands Secondary School graduate who lives in Victoria, wrote ?thinking of you Robin and your smiling face always, many thoughts out to family and friends. So sorry to hear this news, your kindness is forever in my heart.?

Melaque is a favorite haunt for many Salt Springers who seek reprieve from the winter blahs. The small coastal town of fewer than 12,000 people is located approximately 200 kilometres south of Puerto Vallarta and is reported to host relatively few acts of violent crime.

A spokesperson from the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City did not return a request for an interview before the Driftwood?s Tuesday afternoon deadline.

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