Independent Office Probes Fatal Police-Involved New Westminster, B.C., Shooting

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Feb, 2019 06:17 PM

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A man has died in New Westminster, B.C., following a police-involved shooting.

A release from New Westminster police says it happened just before 10 p.m. Sunday.

Officers were called to a report of a suicidal man, possibly carrying a firearm, at the rear of a Walmart store in the Queensborough neighbourhood.

Shots were fired as officers arrived and the man died of his injuries.

The release does not state who fired the shots, but it says no officers or bystanders were hurt.

Sgt. Jeff Scott says the Independent Investigations Office, the body that investigates all cases in British Columbia of police-involved death or serious injury, has been notified and its members are on the case.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Almost Half Of EI Sickness-Benefit Recipients Off Work Longer Than Help Lasts

An internal government survey of people who used federal sickness benefits has found that nearly half were unable to work for longer than the 15 weeks the benefits last.

Almost Half Of EI Sickness-Benefit Recipients Off Work Longer Than Help Lasts

Teacher Who Recorded Students With Pen Camera Is Guilty Of Voyeurism: High Court

A high-school teacher who used a pen camera to surreptitiously take videos of female students is guilty of voyeurism, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

Teacher Who Recorded Students With Pen Camera Is Guilty Of Voyeurism: High Court

Three Who Tried To Stop Fight Hurt, Three Others Arrested In Whistler, B.C.

The RCMP say three males who tried to break up a fight early Monday in Whistler, B.C., were stabbed.

Three Who Tried To Stop Fight Hurt, Three Others Arrested In Whistler, B.C.

Liberals Announce Partners That Will Run Arm's Length Skills Development Agency

The Liberals have committed $225 million over four years for the arm's-length agency, starting this fiscal year, and $75 million annually in subsequent years.

Liberals Announce Partners That Will Run Arm's Length Skills Development Agency

New Details In Lindsay Souvannarath’s Appeal Of Sentence In Halifax Mall Plot

HALIFAX — New court documents reveal details of how one of the masterminds of a foiled plot to attack a Halifax mall on Valentine's Day plans to appeal her life sentence.

New Details In Lindsay Souvannarath’s Appeal Of Sentence In Halifax Mall Plot

Wealthy Nova Scotia Thief John Mark Tillmann Who Filled Home With Pilfered Artifacts, Art Has Died

A man who filled his suburban lakeside home with historic artifacts and art stolen over decades of pilfering so stealthy that many of his targets didn't even know they'd been victimized has died.