B.C.’s police watchdog has found an RCMP officer was justified in the shooting of a man carrying a gun along Highway 5 near Barriere on May 20, 2022, despite little cooperation from the officer and no video footage of the event.
In a decision released Monday, Jan. 8, Ronald J. MacDonald, the Chief Civilian Director of the Independent Investigations Office of B.C.
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