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By The Canadian Press

Police Officer Killed

RCMP member killed, two others injured in Coquitlam shooting

Sep 22, 2023 | 3:45 PM

COQUITLAM, B.C. — British Columbia’s police watchdog says an RCMP officer has died and a suspect and two other officers have been injured while police were serving an arrest warrant in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam.

The Independent Investigations Office says police had an altercation with a man, resulting in officers being hurt and the suspect being shot.

It says one of the officers who was also shot died of their injuries.

Carley Hodges, a witness in the busy area of city, described a chaotic scene, with an officer receiving CPR as he was put in an ambulance, another officer with a wound on his leg and a tourniquet above it, and a man in handcuffs.

The City of Pitt Meadows says in a statement that Ridge Meadows RCMP lost an officer on Friday, saying its heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the victims as well as local officers.

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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over conduct of the investigation into the death of the officer and the injuries to their colleagues, while the Independent Investigations Office will probe the actions of police.