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Video shows fatal 2022 Vancouver shooting at hotel on DTES

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Questions remain about IIO investigation into fatal 2022 Vancouver shooting
There are many questions about why an investigation by B.C.'s police watchdog into a fatal officer-involved shooting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside took more than two years. Rumina Daya looks at why it took so long and one lawyer says this is par for the course. – Sep 11, 2024

WARNING: Some details in this story are disturbing. Discretion is advised.

B.C.’s independent police watchdog (IIO) has forwarded a report to the B.C. Prosecution Service for consideration of charges against one Vancouver police officer in connection with a shooting on the Downtown Eastside more than two years ago.

On May 5, 2022, Vancouver police officers responded to a complaint of an assault with a weapon at the Patricia Hotel on East Hastings Street.

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B.C.’s police watchdog asks Crown to consider charges against VPD officer in hotel shooting

At the time, Vancouver police said a man in his 40s confronted officers, an altercation ensued and shots were fired, and the man died.

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The IIO says it has determined that reasonable grounds exist to believe that one of the officers may have committed offences concerning the use of force.

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While the matter is with the Crown, the IIO will not be making any additional comment about the facts of this case, the organization said in a statement.

In a statement, the Vancouver police said it respects “the jurisdiction of the Independent Investigations Office to review cases in which police use of force results in serious injury or death to a member of the public.

“We will await Crown’s independent assessment of evidence presented by the IIO. ”

Police confirmed that the officer involved in the incident is not “currently serving in an operational capacity.”

— with files from Rumina Daya

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