SAANICH, B.C. — Twin brothers who died in a hail of gunfire outside a Victoria-area bank had been planning their attack for years, with a goal to kill as many officers as possible, police said Friday.
Isaac and Mathew Auchterlonie showed up at the bank on June 28, 2022, wearing full body armour and carrying legally purchased semi-automatic rifles, police said.
Bérubé said"copious amounts of evidence" collected from the scene of the shooting and the suspects' home led police to conclude the twins were"isolated from society," spending most of their time together."That's a human factor … Sometimes we'll just never know what went through a person's mind to carry out what they did."
Police did say they looked at everything from social media to purchases the twins made to determine their motive for an armed confrontation. Saanich police Chief Dean Duthie said five officers from his department remain off duty as they recover from both physical and mental impacts of their involvement in the incident."Everyone is on their own journey of recovery, at different speeds, and we accept that and we'll embrace that and be with them every step."
"They were well-equipped to cause a lot of damage. We are considering the whole situation to be lucky, for lack of a better word," he said, acknowledging the injuries but saying no police officers or civilians were killed and police actions saved lives that day.
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