Almost immediately, police were questioned on the timing of the alert, sent out nearly an hour after a suspect had been shot and killed.
At about 6:25 a.m., a text message that comes with a short, sharp alarm sound went out to people in Langley and other Lower Mainland areas warning of several shooting scenes in the downtown core in the City of Langley and in Langley Township involving “transient” victims.Bullet holes in a vehicle as RCMP are on scene at a fatal shooting in the parking lot of the Rio Can Langley Centre on 200th St. in Langley, BC., on July 25, 2022.The first such alert was issued in B.C.
Questioned about the timing of the alert’s release nearly an hour after a suspect was killed, RCMP Sgt. David Lee, a spokesman for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said the alert was sent out using the best information at the time.In a separate briefing Monday afternoon, B.C.
The first active shooter alert issued by RCMP in B.C. was in the small town of Vanderhoof in north-central B.C. RCMP on scene at a fatal shooting in the parking lot next to the Mission Thrift Shop on Logan Ave and Glover Rd. on 200th St. in Langley, BC., on July 25, 2022.With better technology and the widespread use of cellphones, the use of emergency alerts sent directly by text message is on the increase in Canada.
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