Saanich Shooting

• Twin brothers killed in Saanich, B.C. bank shooting ‘wanted to shoot and kill police’: report

  Police said the suspects, 22-year-old twins Issac and Matthew Auchterlonie, were motivated to shoot and kill police. They had no interest in money in the bank.

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  Jan 20
  
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  Dec 31, 2022
  
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• New details on guns, timeline of deadly Saanich bank shootout revealed in watchdog report

  Six officers were wounded and the two armed suspects were shot dead on June 28, after they entered a Bank of Montreal on Shelbourne Street around 11 a.m. 

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  Dec 21, 2022
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• 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
• 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
• 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 are humbled by your service’: Support pours in for B.C. officers injured in bank shooting

  “To the officers who were injured and to their families, our thoughts are with you and we are sending love as you move through the following days, weeks and months in recovery."

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  Jun 29, 2022