Vancouver police officers cleared in fatal 2015 shooting in Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER — The civilian body that investigates police-involved injuries and deaths in British Columbia says it will not seek charges against a Vancouver officer involved in a fatal shooting.
A report from the Independent Investigations Office says the shooting happened on April 9, 2015, as police were trying to arrest a knife-wielding man suspected of stabbing several people.
During the arrest, the 26-year-old Edmonton man was shot and died at the scene in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
The chief civilian director for the police watchdog has ruled the matter should not be referred to the Crown because an offence was not committed.