A 49-year-old owner of a local mechanic shop in Nanaimo remains in hospital after being shot on Sunday afternoon. 

According to friends, he is in an induced coma, awaiting a second surgery after he was hit in the stomach. His condition is described as stable. 

The victim was part of a group of about six individuals who had entered a makeshift encampment close to downtown to retrieve tools that were stolen from his shop a few days earlier. 

RCMP say they responded to shots fired shortly after 3:30 …