On Monday night at around 9:30pm, Burnaby RCMP received a report of a domestic disturbance, where a lone male had barricaded himself in a residence with reported weapons.
Attempts to negotiate and deescalate the situation were unsuccessful, and shortly after 11:40 p.m. the male attempted to lower himself from a third story window. He was arrested at ground level with the assistance of a police dog and taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The IIO BC is investigating police actions in the incident. The matter is now under investigation by the IIO BC.
