A Canadian man who was shot during a break-in at a hotel in the Dominican Republic is back in Winnipeg and receiving medical treatment, according to his daughter-in-law.
Les Lehmann, who owns the hotel, intervened when thieves broke into the hotel and tried to rob a group of Manitoba high school students who were there on a humanitarian trip. The thieves shot the 64-year-old nine times but none of bullets pierced any of his organs.
None of the students or their chaperones were harmed in the attack.
Lehmann’s family collected donations to help bring him back to Canada for medical treatment. His daughter-in-law, Eugenia Lehman, sent an email to CTV Winnipeg thanking “all the wonderful people, organizations, and companies that made this happen so successfully.”
“(Les) still has a long way to go and we are not anticipating any issues with surgeries or recovery however it will be many months before we know for certain if there are any long lasting effects,” she said in the email.
Eugenia said the family has received messages of support from all over the world.
