National

Police-Involved Shooting In Vancouver Leads To Charges Against Coquitlam Man

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Feb, 2017 11:31 AM

VANCOUVER — Charges have now been laid against a 37-year-old Coquitlam man who was shot by Vancouver Police during a confrontation in December.

Const. Jason Doucette says Christopher Boyda is charged with assault with a weapon and uttering threats.

Boyda has been in hospital recovering from injuries suffered six weeks ago at the 29th Avenue SkyTrain station in east Vancouver.

Doucette says Boyda was arrested as he was released from hospital and he remains in custody awaiting his next court appearance.

Officers were called to the SkyTrain station during the morning rush on Dec. 19, following reports of a man threatening passengers with a machete.

Police say the man refused orders to drop his weapon and the police-involved shooting occurred a short time later.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Quebec Woman Arrested In Bahamas For Allegedly Having Sex With Minor

A Quebec mother of three is under arrest in the Bahamas for allegedly having sex with a teenage boy.

Quebec Woman Arrested In Bahamas For Allegedly Having Sex With Minor

Family Of Four 'Brazen' Cougars Put Down After Getting Too Bold In B.C.

PENTICTON, B.C. — British Columbia conservation officers have killed a family of four cougars they say were growing increasingly bold while hunting urban deer around homes in the province's Interior.

Family Of Four 'Brazen' Cougars Put Down After Getting Too Bold In B.C.

Delhi University Student Alleges Molestation By Bank Clerk

An 18-year-old first year student of Delhi University's Daulat Ram College was allegedly molested by a 52-year-old bank clerk inside his car in the North Campus on Wednesday, following which he was arrested, police said.

Delhi University Student Alleges Molestation By Bank Clerk

B.C. Jury To Begin Deliberations For Men Accused Of Smuggling Nearly 500 Tamil Migrants

A jury in Vancouver is expected to begin deliberations on Thursday in the case of four men accused of smuggling hundreds of Tamil migrants into Canada.