A Ridge Meadows RCMP officer is dead and two other officers were sent to hospital with “serious injuries” as a search warrant was being executed on a residence near the intersection of Pine Tree Way and Glen Drive in Coquitlam.
As the search warrant was being executed, the attending officers “became engaged in an altercation with a man which resulted in multiple officers being injured and the man being shot”. The suspect was also seriously injured in the incident.
Emergency Health Services transported all injured to hospital, but “one of the officers was shot and succumbed to their injuries”.
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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been deployed and will assume conduct of the investigation into the officer’s death and the injuries to the other officers.
On Friday morning, reports started to circulate that major police incident was unfolding. Glen Drive will remain closed between Pinetree Way to High Street.
“There is no further concern for public safety due to the earlier police incident,” says police.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the IHIT Information Line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.