Police shoot suspect with ‘less-lethal’ round, IIO investigating incident

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Police shoot suspect with ‘less-lethal’ round, IIO investigating incident
IIOIndependent Investigation OfficePenticton
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RCMP say a man was shot with a rubber bullet Monday as officers responded to reports of a stabbing in Penticton. They later found the 911 call had been made by the man himself.

A police incident involving a man being shot with a ‘less-lethal’ sponge round is now under investigation.of B.C., says it is looking into an incident that occurred on Monday morning along the north end of Skaha Lake in Penticton .

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