RCMP fired five rounds at Zakaria Benjamin Athaya after seeing a gun in his hand
A Surrey man who wielded a gun while being pursued by police near downtown Prince George was sentenced Tuesday to a conditional sentence order followed by a term of probation.
Athaya was one of three people inside a sport utility vehicle RCMP had tried to pull over near 10th and Carney only to see it take off. It was involved in collisions with two RCMP vehicles before it came to rest on a sidewalk along 4th Avenue near Winnipeg Street. All three occupants took off in separate directions.
When the off-duty officer saw him reach towards his waistband, he yelled that he was a cop and told Athaya he was under arrest. He continued his pursuit until two armed plainclothed officers caught up and saw a black pistol in Athaya's hand. Athaya threw the pistol into some nearby grass, jumped over a short fence where he immediately went prone to the ground and was arrested.
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