IIO Is Seeking Witnesses to a Police-Involved Shooting Incident in Vancouver (2024-281)
Case: 2024-281 Incident Date: December 1, 2024 Agency: Municipal Location: Vancouver Detachment: Vancouver Police Department Incident Classification: Serious Harm Case Status: Open - Investigation in ProgressINFORMATION BULLETIN
Independent Investigations Office
For Immediate Release
Surrey, B.C. — The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is investigating a police-involved shooting incident in Vancouver where one man has sustained an injury.
Information provided by the Vancouver Police Department states that at about 4:00 a.m. today (December 1, 2024), police received a report of an alleged car jacking with a weapon of a black BMW sedan in the 900 block of Main Street.
Officers reportedly attempted to stop the BMW unsuccessfully before using police vehicles to bring it to a stop near the intersection of E 23 Avenue and Slocan Street. During the interaction that followed, shots were fired by police.
The man was transported to a local hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot injury.
The IIO was notified of the incident shortly after it occurred and has commenced an investigation.
Initial investigative steps will seek to confirm the extent of the man’s injury and if it meets the threshold of serious harm as defined by the Police Act, and if any force used by police during the arrest was necessary, reasonable, and proportionate under the circumstances.
The IIO is asking any person with relevant information of the incident to please contact the 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.