B.C.'s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office (IIO), is investigating the death of a teenage student following a fatal confrontation with RCMP in Surrey, B.C. on Sunday. The teen, a Grade 10 student at Clayton Heights Secondary, was reportedly seen in a schoolyard with a firearm before the shooting occurred several blocks away. Witnesses and security footage have been reviewed by the IIO, who are now probing whether police actions were justified.
B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating after a teen was killed during a confrontation with RCMP in Surrey , B.C., on Sunday.
The Surrey School District issued a statement Monday confirming that a student from the school had died over the weekend but did not explicitly link the death to the police shooting. A CBC News reporter has viewed security camera footage of the shooting. It shows a person walking across a yard, pointing what appears to be a handgun at his head.
John Pedersen, who lives right next to where the teen was shot, had one bullet enter his garage and ricochet off a wall during the shooting. The B.C. RCMP says B.C. Emergency Health Services were staged nearby and were called in immediately to help after the suspect was shot, but they couldn't save the person.
POLICE SHOOTING SURREY BC RCMP INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE FATAL CONFRONTATION TEENAGER CLAYTON HEIGHTS SECONDARY
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