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Fundraiser launched for family of hockey coach killed in B.C. shooting

Online campaign aims to raise $10,000
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Paul Bennett in a photo posted to his Facebook page.

UPDATE: As of Tuesday morning, more than $16,000 had been donated to the gofundme campaign, and thegoal had been raised to $50,000.

An online effort is underway to help the family of Paul Bennett, the in Cloverdale Saturday.

A gofundme campaign () launched the next day, with an aim to raise $10,000.

As of 11:45 a.m. Monday, $1,350 had been donated.

鈥淧aul Bennett, was a wonderful & generous man, who would always have a smile and a positive word to say to lift your spirits or make you laugh,鈥 reads a statement on the gofundme webpage.

鈥淚 want to give his friends, colleagues, other HCP and the community a chance to honour Paul. And help his family when they are going to need it most鈥 if this tragedy can happen to a wonderful man, father, husband and family guy such as Paul. It surely can happen to anyone of us at any given moment in time.鈥

Bennett 鈥 a married father of two, and an operating-room nurse department manager at Peace Arch Hospital 鈥 died in hospital, following a brazen daylight shooting in the 18200-block of 67A Avenue at around 4 p.m. Saturday.

Officials with the RCMP鈥檚 Integrated Homicide Investigation Team have said police believe 鈥渢his was not a random incident.鈥



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