More than 100 people joined a rally in Nanaimo, B.C., Thursday morning to express their frustration with what they describe as escalating crime and a lack of policing in the city.

The gathering started in Pearson Park, a location near where local mechanic shop owner Clint Smith was shot while trying to retrieve his stolen tools from a makeshift encampment on the weekend.

According to a GoFundMe page set up for Smith, he underwent a third surgery on Wednesday, but is still in a medically induced c…