IIO is Investigating an Incident in Langley (2020-256)
Case: 2020-256 Incident Date: October 17, 2020 Detachment: Abbotsford Police Department Location: Langley Detachment: Langley Agency: Municipal Agency: RCMP Incident Classification: Serious Harm Case Status: Closed - Without Public ReportINFORMATION BULLETIN
Independent Investigations Office
For Immediate Release
Surrey, B.C. – The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC is investigating an incident in Langley.
Information provided by the Abbotsford Police Department indicates that on October 17, 2020 at approximately 7:40 p.m., a man driving a pickup truck was involved in a motor vehicle incident near the intersection of King and McKenzie roads. An officer attended the scene and conducted an investigation into the collision. The man later departed the collision scene in a taxi.
Later that day at 11:10 p.m., Langley RCMP officers responded to a report that a shot had been fired and a man had sustained what appeared to be serious, self-inflicted injury at a residence in the 26900-block of 27th Avenue. When officers arrived, they located and spoke with the man who was reportedly in possession of a weapon. Following an interaction, the man was taken into custody. Emergency Health Services were staged nearby and transported him to hospital.
The man was later determined to be the same man involved in the collision in Abbotsford earlier that day.
The IIO is investigating to determine what role, if any, the officers’ actions or inaction may have played in the man’s injury.
The IIO is asking any person who saw, heard or recorded either the motor vehicle collision in Abbotsford or subsequent incident in Langley to contact the IIO Witness Line toll free at 1-855-446-8477 or via the contact form on the iiobc.ca website.
Background
The IIO is the independent civilian oversight agency of the police in British Columbia. It investigates all officer-related incidents that result in serious harm or death, whether or not there is any allegation of wrongdoing.