Police watchdog clears officer in fatal 2015 shooting in Burnaby, B.C.

Mar 28, 2017 | 10:02 PM

BURNABY, B.C. — An RCMP officer who fatally shot a man in Burnaby, B.C., has been cleared of wrongdoing by the province’s police watchdog.

The Independent Investigations Office has released a report saying there is no evidence the Mountie committed an offence when a 35-year-old man was shot in March 2015.

The report says the man was wielding a knife, advancing at police and not responding to officers’ commands.

Burnaby RCMP have previously said officers responding to reports of a double stabbing found three men inside a home where one person was dead.