Saanich Bank Robbery

• ‘There for each other’: Police, community healing 1 year after deadly Saanich bank shootout

  On June 28 last year, twin brothers entered a Bank of Montreal in Saanich in what appeared to be an attempted robbery. Their intention, however, was shoot and kill police.

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  Jun 28, 2023
  
• RCMP silent on Saanich bank shooting as last injured officer released from hospital

  More than two months after the violent June 28 incident, the integrated RCMP unit leading the investigation remains silent on key details of the event.

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  Sep 7, 2022
  
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• Officer hurt in Saanich, B.C. bank shootout moved from ICU, another officer discharged

  Six officers were originally hospitalized with gunshot wounds in the June 28 gunfight outside a Saanich, B.C., Bank of Montreal branch that left two suspects dead.

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  Jul 11, 2022
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• Police officer remains in intensive care after Saanich, B.C. bank shootout

  An officer who was injured in a deadly shootout outside a bank in Saanich, B.C., last week remains in intensive care after three surgeries.

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  Jul 5, 2022
• Expert sees similarities between botched B.C. bank robbery and 1997 North Hollywood shootout

  Six officers were injured in the shooting but brothers Isaac and Matthew Auchterlonie of Duncan were both killed. The suspects were 22 years old.

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  Jul 4, 2022
• No ID yet on Saanich bank gunmen, police tight-lipped on weapons used

  On Wednesday, Chief Const. Dean Duthie said of the six officers who were shot, three suffered life-threatening injuries and required extensive surgeries.

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  Jun 30, 2022
• ‘Standing there with an assault rifle’: Hostage describes scene of B.C. bank robbery

  Shelli Fryer was one of 22 people who ended up being held hostage in the bank in Saanich, B.C., Tuesday morning when the suspects burst in.

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  Jun 29, 2022
• Police confirm explosives found at scene of deadly B.C. bank shootout

  Saanich police officers responded Tuesday morning to a report of armed suspects at the Bank of Montreal in the 3600-block of Shelbourne Street in the community north of Victoria.

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  Jun 29, 2022
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• ‘We huddled under the bush’: Witness describes seeing gunfire outside Saanich B.C. bank

  "I didn't know what else to do, it was so traumatic. It was unbelievable that something like this would happen in Victoria of all places. But it did."

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  Jun 29, 2022