Police-involved Shooting

• IIO called to fatal police shooting after reported threats at Abbotsford hospital

  The IIO is investigating after police fatally shot a man at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital while responding to reports of a suspect with a weapon.

  Crime

  Nov 30
  
• Officer justified in shooting man who used bear spray in B.C. RCMP detachment: Watchdog

  While he was being booked, the man grabbed and discharged a canister of bear spray that was sitting on a shelf. An officer subsequently shot him in the groin.

  Crime

  Sep 29
  
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• Public inquest begins into death of man shot by police in altercation on George Gordon First Nation

  A public inquest begins on Monday in Regina into the death of Ray Bitternose, who was shot by police on the George Gordon First Nation in 2021.

  Canada

  Sep 18
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• Watchdog deployed after RCMP shoot man following Grand Forks standoff

  The Independent Investigations Office has been called to Grand Forks, where RCMP shot a man following a standoff on Saturday.

  Crime

  Aug 14
• ASIRT investigates police shooting in southeast Calgary

  A situation in Calgary's Forest Lawn neighbourhood Saturday escalated until a police officer fired a gun. The person shot is in stable condition and ASIRT is investigating.

  Crime

  Jul 22
• B.C. police shooting inquest recommends linking mental health workers with crisis negotiators

  A coroner's jury is calling on the province to ensure police crisis negotiators have access to a qualified and resourced mental health worker during emergency calls.

  Crime

  Jul 12
• Police believed man killed in Lytton standoff shot in their direction, inquest hears

  The police who responded to a 911 call about a suicidal man told the coroner's jury in Burnaby, B.C., that when they arrived, Barry Shantz shot at them through a window.

  Crime

  Jul 5
• RCMP fatally shoot man in Hope, B.C. hospital following highway crash

  RCMP were called to the hospital after two people hurt in the Coquihalla Highway crash got in an altercation serious enough that paramedics called for police.

  Crime

  Jun 28
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• Keremeos, B.C. residents raise concerns over abandoned bus

  It's been almost a year since police shot two people at an unincorporated campsite near Keremeos, killing one man and seriously injuring a woman.

  Canada

  Jun 20
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• ‘A very close call’: B.C. man who fired revolver at VPD K9 sentenced to 5 years in prison

  The man who sped away from a crime scene in July 2022 who later pointed a gun at an officer and shot a Vancouver police dog, has been sentenced.

  Crime

  Jun 3