VPD cleared in shooting of man who launched “unprovoked attack” on officer in DTES – BC | 24CA News
The province’s police watchdog has cleared Vancouver police within the taking pictures of a person who attacked an officer on the town’s Downtown Eastside final summer season.
In a public report launched March 31, the Independent Investigations Office of BC stated the July 30, 2022 incident was “one of the clearest examples” of a police officer being justified to make use of doubtlessly deadly drive.
According to the IIOBC, the suspect struck the officer two or 3 times within the head with a steel bar, whereas he was in full uniform and sitting in a marked police car at East Hastings and Columbia streets.
Evidence from witnesses and surveillance video decided the suspect got here up behind the police car whereas it was stopped at a purple mild – and struck the officer’s head with the 2 and a half foot lengthy bar – by way of an open window.
The officer and his associate, who was driving, each acquired out of the car and because the suspect ran at him swinging the steel bar, the IIOBC stated the officer drew his pistol and fired three pictures.
The suspect, who was hit by two of the rounds, dropped the steel bar however then raised his fist and superior in the direction of the officer once more.
The second officer, in response to the IIOBC report, needed to deploy a carried out power weapon or taser, to be able to subdue the suspect, who fell to the bottom.
The suspect, who was shot in his left shoulder and higher stomach, recovered from his wounds after surgical procedure.
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In a written assertion offered to the IIOBC, the officer, who was off work for months after struggling a head wound and concussion, stated he was terrified for his life and shot on the suspect in self-defence as a result of “the male continued to run at me and I was certain his intent was to continue to bludgeon me in the head with the metal pole until I was dead.”
In deciding to not advocate prices towards the officers concerned, the IIOBC stated the menace to the officer “of grievous bodily harm or death was close and imminent, from an assailant armed with a potentially lethal weapon who had already launched an unprovoked attack with it and was continuing that attack.”
John Corey William McKay, who turns 54 this 12 months, was initially charged with the aggravated assault of a peace officer.
Court information point out McKay was sentenced final month to 2 years much less a day in jail and 12 months probation – on a lesser cost of assaulting a peace officer inflicting bodily hurt.
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