No charges in 2015 Salmon Arm police shooting
VICTORIA — Nearly three years after the fact, the BC Prosecution Serivce (BCPS) has finally announced that no charges have been approved against members of the Salmon Arm RCMP involved in a non-fatal shooting near Salmon Arm.
The incident took place on July 3, 2015 when the officers were responding to a complaint of an armed robbery at a gas station involving a man near Sicamous. The suspect reportedly fled the scene in a vehicle.
During the officers’ efforts to catch the suspect, two officers “discharged their firearms in separate encounters with the suspect.”
“In the second encounter, the suspect sustained serious gunshot injuries,” says the BCPS. “The suspect was transported to hospital for medical treatment and subsequently recovered.”