RCMP officer shoots man in Kaslo, B.C., IIO investigates, Digi Mart USA News (Kaslo, British Columbia): British Columbia’s civilian police oversight agency is investigating after an RCMP officer shot a man during a call in the West Kootenay region on Friday. Officers were responding to a disturbance at a home outside Kaslo just before 6 p.m.
when the incident happened.
RCMP allege the man came out of the home carrying an “edged weapon.” In a release issued Saturday, the force said officers verbally engaged with the man, and during the interaction an officer discharged their service pistol. The man was struck and taken to hospital for treatment in stable condition.
The Independent Investigations Office (IIO), which probes all police interactions that result in death or serious harm regardless of any allegation of wrongdoing, has been tasked with reviewing the incident. In its own media release, the IIO said the man sustained “serious injuries.”
The IIO is asking anyone who witnessed the incident or has relevant information to contact investigators. The RCMP is also investigating the circumstances that led up to the interaction with police.
