B.C.’s civilian police watchdog is investigating after the RCMP says it shot a man who stabbed an officer in Richmond.
It happened shortly before 11 p.m., after Richmond firefighters were called to the 9800 block of Glenthorne Drive, where a man was setting a sign on fire, according to the B.C. RCMP.
Mounties said the man was “uncooperative” when officers were called to the scene.
“During the police interaction, a struggle ensued which resulted in a police officer getting stabbed and the man getting shot by police,” RCMP said in a media release.
Both the man and the officer were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
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Richmond RCMP are investigating the initial call and the stabbing, RCMP said.
The Independent Investigations Office will probe police actions during the incident.
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