Police-involved Shooting

• Subject of N.S. emergency alert killed in police shooting: SIRT

  Nova Scotia's police watchdog says a man, who had been the subject of an emergency alert, has died after being shot by police.

  Canada

  Jul 10
  
• N.S. suspect injured in police shooting day after armed person alert

  RCMP said they've referred the matter to the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT), which investigates all serious incidents involving police in Nova Scotia.

  Crime

  Jul 9
  
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• Suspect dead in officer-involved shooting in Surrey, B.C., investigation ongoing

  A deadly stabbing in Surrey, B.C., ended with a police shooting Friday afternoon, leaving two people dead and another injured as investigators probe both incidents.

  Crime

  May 30
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• RCMP seek witness who reported gun after man shot by police near Surrey carnival

  Surrey RCMP want to speak with the man who reported someone was carrying a gun near a carnival in Surrey last month. Police shot a suspect at the scene.

  Crime

  Apr 8, 2024
• Coroner’s inquest to probe 2020 police shooting of Haliburton, Ont. man

  Leslie Hegedus, 73, died in hospital following a standoff with Haliburton Highlands OPP on July 15, 2020. The SIU say he first shot at officers while hiding in bushes at his home.

  Crime

  Mar 28, 2024
• One man dead in police-involved shooting in Abbotsford

  Police said officers notified the Independent Investigations Office on Sunday night of a police-involved shooting in the 1700 block of Riverside Road.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2023
• IIO called to fatal police shooting after reported threats at Abbotsford hospital

  The IIO is investigating after police fatally shot a man at the Abbotsford Regional Hospital while responding to reports of a suspect with a weapon.

  Crime

  Nov 30, 2023
• Officer justified in shooting man who used bear spray in B.C. RCMP detachment: Watchdog

  While he was being booked, the man grabbed and discharged a canister of bear spray that was sitting on a shelf. An officer subsequently shot him in the groin.

  Crime

  Sep 29, 2023
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• Public inquest begins into death of man shot by police in altercation on George Gordon First Nation

  A public inquest begins on Monday in Regina into the death of Ray Bitternose, who was shot by police on the George Gordon First Nation in 2021.

  Canada

  Sep 18, 2023
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• Watchdog deployed after RCMP shoot man following Grand Forks standoff

  The Independent Investigations Office has been called to Grand Forks, where RCMP shot a man following a standoff on Saturday.

  Crime

  Aug 14, 2023