An officer also suffered a serious head injury during the altercation and was taken to hospital, according to police
shot and injured a man after an officer was allegedly attacked with a weapon near the Hastings Street tent city.
She said a second VPD officer was later assaulted by a bystander, after he arrived to assist following the police-involved shooting.Article content “I saw a man strike a police vehicle then drop what looked like a stick,” the 32-year-old described. “Two officers got out of the vehicle. One from the passenger side raised his gun and shot him two times in the chest.”“The police officer was aiming at his upper body,” he told Postmedia.Article content
Photos and videos captured and shared on social media, show the man lying on the ground of the intersection and several police officers surrounding him.
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