Police shooting of armed man in Burnaby under investigation
The Independent Investigations Office is probing an RCMP officer who shot a man armed with an edged weapon on Sunday.
BURNABY — The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia is investigating a police-involved shooting in Burnaby on Sunday morning.
Around 10:15 a.m., Burnaby RCMP were called to a report of a disturbance at an apartment building on Kingsway, the IIO said.
Police told the IIO that when they arrived, a man was armed with an edged weapon when he approached them.
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"One officer fired their gun, hitting the man," reported RCMP.
BC Emergency Health Services provided first aid before transporting the man to hospital.
By Sunday evening, the IIO had assumed the investigation into the RCMP officer’s actions.
In a separate incident, Halifax Regional Police are referring a hit and run to the Serious Incident Response Team after a 58-year-old man was injured Sunday morning in Dartmouth.
Police said officers spotted a pickup truck with no licence plates parked off Yorkshire Avenue Extension around 10:35 a.m.
When officers approached, the truck sped out of the lot.
Police pursued the truck with lights and sirens, but the vehicle failed to stop and struck another car at an intersection near Windmill Road.
Paramedics took the driver of the car to hospital with serious injuries.
The truck fled across the MacKay Bridge toward Halifax, and police are still searching for it.
The vehicle is described as a newer-model black Ford F-150 with a tonneau cover.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 902-490-5020.
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With files from CityNews and CBC News