After approximately six hours of attempted negotiations, shots were fired by police, according to B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office. 'Advanced Life Support was called, and the man died at the scene.'
An RCMP officer at the scene of a"high risk" standoff that started when a man in a home shot at police. VANCOUVER -- One man is dead after a six-hour standoff with police in Chilliwack Saturday night.
The police officers were not injured, according to the Independent Investigations Office, which is now investigating the incident. According to the IIO, police were responding to a report of a man with a gun. In a release sent at 10 p.m. Saturday, police said the Emergency Response Team, RCMP crisis negotiators and a police helicopter were all called to the scene, which police described as "high risk."
Chilliwack RCMP said that after the Emergency Response Team and negotiators responded to the incident, there was "an interaction between the man and police" and police fired their weapons.
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