Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
National

Police Shoot And Kill Suicidal Man In South Surrey, Independent Investigation Office Of B.C. Probing

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Jul, 2015 12:03 PM
    SURREY, Canada — The Independent Investigation Office of British Columbia is probing a fatal shooting involving police in Surrey.
     
    Investigators say it happened early today when police responded to reports of a suicidal male screaming outside the Surrey RCMP office.
     
    The RCMP reported the incident in the following statement, 
     
    "At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Saturday July 18, 2015, Surrey RCMP responded to reports of a suicidal male screaming just outside of the Surrey RCMP District 5 South Surrey office located in the 1800 block of 152nd Street. Police officers, who were in the District 5 office at the time, rushed outside and located the male. 
     
    "A physical struggle ensued and the male was shot by an officer. The individual has died. One of the police officers involved was injured as a result of the confrontation and was transported to hospital for treatment. The police officer sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound, the circumstances of which are under investigation. No other police officers or members of the public were injured during this incident."
     
    A police officer sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to hospital.
     
    Police say the officer is expected to be released later today.
     
    No other police officers or members of the public were injured.
     
    "The Surrey RCMP are working with the IIO BC with respect to the fatal police involved shooting," Supt. Dave Attfield, Surrey RCMP operations officer, said in a release.
     
    "Additional resources have been called in to assist, the scene has been secured and we anticipate that public access to the South Surrey office will be restricted in order to support the on-going investigation."

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Scientists Confirm Oil From English Bay Spill Reached Several Vancouver Beaches

    VANCOUVER — Scientists have conclusively linked oil that washed up along numerous Vancouver beaches with the grain container ship that leaked bunker fuel in English Bay in April.

    Scientists Confirm Oil From English Bay Spill Reached Several Vancouver Beaches

    RCMP Kill Masked Man At BC Hydro Public Information Session On Site C Dam In Dawson Creek

    RCMP Kill Masked Man At BC Hydro Public Information Session On Site C Dam In Dawson Creek
    DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Mounties have shot and killed a man outside a BC Hydro public information session on the planned Site C hydroelectric dam in the province's Peace region.

    RCMP Kill Masked Man At BC Hydro Public Information Session On Site C Dam In Dawson Creek

    Nexen Energy Apologizes For Pipeline Leak Near Fort McMurray

    CALGARY — Nexen Energy is apologizing for a five million litre pipeline spill of bitumen, produced water and sand southeast of Fort McMurray, Alta.

    Nexen Energy Apologizes For Pipeline Leak Near Fort McMurray

    Premier Kathleen Wynne Says Fed Move Not To Help Ontario Create Pension Plan 'Purely Political'

    Premier Kathleen Wynne Says Fed Move Not To Help Ontario Create Pension Plan 'Purely Political'
    ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Premier Kathleen Wynne says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is playing politics by refusing to co-operate with Ontario's new pension plan, and warns voters will question his motives in the upcoming election campaign.

    Premier Kathleen Wynne Says Fed Move Not To Help Ontario Create Pension Plan 'Purely Political'

    Man Convicted In Jane Creba Slaying Loses Appeal At Ontario's Highest Court

    Man Convicted In Jane Creba Slaying Loses Appeal At Ontario's Highest Court
    TORONTO — A man found guilty of manslaughter in the slaying of a Toronto teenager on Boxing Day nearly ten years ago has lost an appeal of his convictions.

    Man Convicted In Jane Creba Slaying Loses Appeal At Ontario's Highest Court

    Islamic State, Not Russia, Is The Conflict That Keeps New Defence Chief Awake

    Islamic State, Not Russia, Is The Conflict That Keeps New Defence Chief Awake
    Gen. Jonathan Vance, who took over as the country's 19th chief of defence staff on Friday, says the rise of an extremist state in the Middle East is not something that can go unchallenged by the West.

    Islamic State, Not Russia, Is The Conflict That Keeps New Defence Chief Awake