
Crown to consider charges against Revelstoke RCMP officer after shooting death in 2023
REVELSTOKE, B.C. — B.C.’s police watchdog is forwarding its investigation of a 2023 shooting death in Revelstoke to Crown counsel for the consideration of charges.
The investigation stems from around 11:50 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2023 when Revelstoke RCMP members received a report of a stolen vehicle.
According to the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C., an officer found a man driving the stolen vehicle on Victoria Road East.
“There was an interaction and shots were fired by police,” the IIO stated. “Emergency Health Services attended but the man who had been driving the stolen vehicle was later pronounced deceased.”