Police officer dies after shooting in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A British Columbia police officer is being remembered as a “hero” after he died Monday in an exchange of gunfire with a man accused of shooting at people in a parking lot.
Chief Bob Rich of the Abbotsford Police Department said officers were called about a possible stolen vehicle in the parking lot of a shopping complex at about 11:30 a.m.
The caller blocked the suspect’s vehicle in while waiting for police to arrive, Rich said.
“Unfortunately, a male suspect emerged from that vehicle and began shooting at the caller and others with a shotgun,” Rich said at a news conference.