One RCMP officer is useless after being shot and two different officers are severely injured after an incident Friday morning in Coquitlam, about 30 kilometres east of Vancouver.
The Impartial Investigations Workplace (IIO) of British Columbia confirmed the small print in a media launch that mentioned the suspect concerned has additionally been severely injured and brought to hospital., together with the 2 injured officers.
IIO mentioned Ridge Meadows RCMP have been executing a search warrant on a residence close to the intersection of Pinetree Method and Glen Drive in Coquitlam’s Metropolis Centre neighbourhood when it occurred.
“Whereas there, the attending officers grew to become engaged in an altercation with a person which resulted in a number of officers being injured and the person being shot,” the discharge acknowledged.
A big deployment of emergency responders, together with police in tactical gear, have been seen within the 2900-block of Glen Drive at round 11 a.m. PT.
Carley Hodges and Tracy Joseph mentioned they witnessed two males injured and one individual in handcuffs.
Eyewitness Carley Hodges mentioned when police started arriving on the scene she noticed one officer who was limping and bleeding from his leg.
“He had a tourniquet on. Somebody was taken away in an ambulance they usually have been doing chest compressions. And somebody in handcuffs in his underwear was taken away. After which [there were] cops coming with riot shields, battering rams and rifles,” mentioned Hodges.
Eyewitness Tracy Joseph noticed the SWAT crew arrive.
“I believe now there’s seven SWAT automobiles, there’s two police canines upstairs and there’s an enormous truck. They’ve barricades, shields, it’s loopy,” Joseph mentioned.
The Impartial Murder Investigations Staff (IHIT) is investigating the officer’s dying and the accidents of the 2 others.
Earlier within the day, B.C. Premier David Eby mentioned a “crucial incident” involving the RCMP had taken place in Coquitlam, however didn’t present particulars.