Suspect dead in officer-involved shooting in Surrey, B.C., investigation ongoing - BERITAJA

One personification died and a fishy was fatally wounded Friday successful a police-involved shooting pursuing a stabbing successful Surrey, B.C., prompting parallel investigations by homicide investigators and the province’s constabulary watchdog.

Officers responded to a study of an battle astatine a residential building successful the 13300 artifact of Old Yale Road astatine about 1 p.m., according to a constabulary release.

When officers arrived, they located a unfortunate suffering from stab wounds. A 2nd stabbing unfortunate was later found  astatine a adjacent parkland connected Old Yale Road adjacent King George Boulevard.

Despite emergency aesculapian efforts by constabulary and paramedics, 1 unfortunate died astatine the scene. The 2nd was taken to infirmary pinch non-life-threatening injuries.

A antheral fishy was located a short region away.

“There was a confrontation pinch constabulary that resulted successful officers firing their service-issued work pistols,” the merchandise said.

The fishy was earnestly injured and taken to hospital, wherever he was later pronounced dead.

The Independent Investigations Office has launched an investigation into the constabulary shooting, while the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) is investigating the fatal stabbing.

“There are 2 factors the IIO considers successful each investigation astatine the beginning,” said Simon Drucker, media communications liaison for the IIO of B.C.

“One, if location has been an wounded that meets the period of superior harm, arsenic defined by the Police Act, aliases death. And two, if location is simply a relationship betwixt the superior harm and decease aliases serviceman action aliases inaction,”

If some conditions are met, the investigation will proceed and the main civilian head will see whether location are reasonable grounds to judge that an offence whitethorn person occurred.

Investigators are asking anyone who witnessed the incident aliases whitethorn person recorded video to travel forward.

“We are hopeful that location will beryllium respective group that whitethorn person witnessed this. So if you were successful the area, if you saw, possibly recorded aliases different witnessed the event, do springiness the IIO a call,” Drucker said.