DUNCAN, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog has been deployed to Vancouver Island after an officer shot a man who drove into a detachment parking lot, striking a police vehicle and injuring an officer, the Mounties said Friday.
A statement from the North Cowichan detachment in Duncan, north of Victoria, said an officer was checking the police SUV around 6:30 a.m. when the man drove into the police employee parking lot.A video of the incident shared on social media shows an officer firing as a man stands beside the open door of a black SUV before he falls to the ground.
The injured officer and the suspect were taken to hospital with what police said were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries. The man who was shot appears to be checking something in the back seat of the black SUV before he turns toward one of two approaching officers.
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