Vancouver police shot and killed a man on the evening of February 9, 2023. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC reports that police responded to a 911 call regarding a man near the north end of the Granville Street Bridge who was allegedly behaving erratically. VPD report that officers responded to the bridge at 6:45 PM. At some point there was an undisclosed “interaction” between the man and police during which shots were fired by police. The man was subsequently pronounced dead.
BC Emergency Health Services report that three ambulances and a supervisor were dispatched to the North End of the Granville Bridge around 6:54 PM. This would mean that police only interacted with the victim for under 10 minutes.
VPD spokesperson Sgt. Steve Addison told Global News that, “The person had either in his possession or had access to a weapon. The officers who were on scene believed that their safety or the safety of others was in danger or they were at risk of death or grievous bodily harm.” These are all rather vague statements and there is a difference between having a weapon and having access to a weapon. There has been no evidence of a non-police weapon, or what that alleged weapon was, provided publicly at this time.
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February 10th, 2023 at 6:22 pm
This is what we want to fund in Vancouver, a judge, jury and executioner response from first responders. No counselling, no housing, just bullets. Shame!
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