A Toronto man says he was left in excruciating pain after Vancouver police shot him twice with less-lethal rounds in a case of mistaken identity.
On Wednesday, around 5:20 p.m., 40-year-old Elijah Barnett was in downtown Vancouver on Richards Street walking his friend's dog.
It also references significant bruising and an impact wound "so severe that there is a flap of skin hanging off." In his complaint, Barnett said he had no time to explain who he was. Police accused him of covering up his tattoos to avoid being identified as the other man. Barnett said they wouldn't explain who they were actually looking for.Ojibway father of 8 identified as man who died after being shot by police bean bag gun in Vancouver
"Mr. Barnett told the officers that he was gay and that they were abusing him," the complaint read. "The officers taunted him, stating 'You think that being gay makes you different from anybody else?'"Vancouver police, in a statement, said their officers had "reliable information" about a man wanted across the country for a violent home invasion in Calgary who was in the area of Richards Street and Pacific Boulevard.
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