The province’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is investigating after police in Prince George shot and killed a man.
The incident happened on Highway 97 and Willowcale Road Thursday evening.
“An interaction occurred between the man and police, and the man was shot. He was pronounced deceased a short time later,” according to a statement from the IIO.
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The IIO says the investigation will work to confirm police accounts of the incident and the interaction which led to the man’s death.
The IIO is called in to investigate incidents where police action or inaction leads to the injury or death of a person.
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