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By The Canadian Press

Red Deer

Red Deer shooting victim was buying deodorant: Wife

Dec 23, 2019 | 1:19 PM

RED DEER, Alta. – The wife of a man who was fatally shot outside a Walmart in central Alberta says she has lost her best friend.

Jim Williams was shot in the front entrance of the store in Red Deer on Friday night.

The 69-year-old was rushed in critical condition to hospital, where he died.

Roxine Williams told CTV News that she and her husband had stopped at the store to pick up deodorant.

He was getting back in the car when she says she heard a pop and her husband slammed the door shut and told her to stay put.

She says she heard a few more pops and, when she felt it was safe to leave the vehicle, saw her husband of 44 years on the ground.

(CTV Edmonton/The Canadian Press)