THUNDER BAY - A man charged with attempt murder in connection to a May 3 shooting which left another man with serious injuries is expected to appear in court later this month.
Terry Pelto, 32, was charged in connection to an attempted homicide which occurred on May 3. Police were called to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre where a man had crashed a vehicle into a barricade on the hospital's property. Police discovered the man had sustained serious injuries prior to arriving at the hospital.
Pelto was arrested the next day on May 4 and charged with attempt murder, unauthorized possession of a firearm and three counts of possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order.
He appeared briefly in video court on Friday, Oct. 2, and was remanded in custody and expected to appear in court next on Oct. 15 at the request of his lawyers.
Thunder Bay police also arrested Jacob Daniel Wattie, 24, and charged him with attempted murder and several firearm and drug-related offences a week after Pelto's arrest in connection to the investigation.
Two women, Natalie Salatino, 29 and Molly O'Brien, 29 were also arrested and charged with firearm and drug trafficking offences as a result.
A Peterborough man, Brandon Kelly, 26, was also arrested by city police in connection with the May 3 shooting and charged with one count of attempt murder and various firearm-related offences in June, more than a month after the incident. Police say the shooting was drug-related.
Pelto, Wattie and Kelly are due back in court later this month.
