COQUITLAM, British Columbia — A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer was shot to loss of life and two different officers have been injured whereas attempting to serve an arrest warrant in a Vancouver suburb Friday, authorities stated.
The Impartial Investigations Workplace, British Columbia’s police watchdog, stated the capturing occurred when officers had an altercation with a person in Coquitlam, a city about 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) east of Vancouver.
The suspect, in his mid-20s, was additionally shot and is in a hospital with non-life threatening accidents, the workplace stated.
Dwayne McDonald, Surrey RCMP deputy commissioner, recognized the deceased officer as Constable Rick O’ Brien, a 51-year-old married father. McDonald stated he died on the scene.
McDonald stated one injured officer had been launched after therapy at a hospital and the opposite remained in hospital with non-life threatening accidents.
Carley Hodges, a witness to the incident in a busy space of Coquitlam, described a chaotic scene: An officer was receiving CPR as he was put in an ambulance. One other officer had a wound in his leg and a tourniquet positioned above it. A person in handcuffs was being taken away.
The Metropolis of Pitt Meadows stated in an announcement that Ridge Meadows RCMP misplaced an officer Friday and that it was sending condolences to the households of the victims in addition to to native officers.
The Built-in Murder Investigation Crew took over the investigation into the loss of life of the officer and the accidents to their colleagues. The Impartial Investigations Workplace stated it could look at the actions of the officers.