B.C.鈥檚 police watchdog has been deployed to an officer-involved shooting in Vancouver that has left one man in critical condition.
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. 鈥� which conducts investigations into officer-related incidents where someone is injured or killed 鈥� is reviewing a shooting at a residence near West 18 Avenue and Manitoba Street that happened Saturday afternoon.
IIO investigators have been deployed to an officer involved shooting in Vancouver. More details in due course
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According to a statement released by Vancouver Police, officers encountered a distraught man鈥� in his early 30s who allegedly confronted them with a weapon.鈥�
Police attempted to negotiate with the man and used 鈥渓ess-lethal options to disarm him鈥� but subsequently shot the man, the VPD said. The man was rushed to hospital.
No officers were injured.
ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
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