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Mission man suffers self-inflicted wounds in presence of police

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 27 Jun, 2022 03:36 PM

The BC RCMP has notified the Independent Investigations office of British Columbia (IIO BC) of an incident in Mission where a man suffered self-inflicted wounds while in the presence of police.

On June 27, at approximately 10 a.m., Mission RCMP received a complaint regarding a woman screaming at a residence. When officers arrived a woman, who appeared injured, answered the door and indicated that there was man who was known to her in the home.

During the course of searching the 2-storey home officers reportedly heard a gun shot, and located the injured man with what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury and an alleged weapon.

Emergency Health Services were called and the man was transported to hospital with serious life threatening injuries.

The matter is now under investigation by the IIO BC.

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