Vancouver police say man who died after beanbag shooting had been asking for help
Vancouver police say a man who died after officers used a beanbag shotgun on Monday had asked bystanders for help following a “violent incident” that occurred moments earlier.
Sgt. Steve Addison of the Vancouver Police Department said the Independent Investigations Office, B.C.’s police watchdog, had jurisdiction over the investigation. Addison, who said in a news conference on Monday that a beanbag shotgun had been used, called the weapon “a safe and effective less-lethal tool.”
“Indigenous people are 10 times more likely to be shot and killed by police in Canada, and it’s time for it to stop,” he said in the statement. A Vancouver police press statement said Monday that a man had been taken into custody after an “interaction” with officers, but he went into medical distress and lost consciousness.The IIO said Tuesday that it had been called in to investigate the incident, which began with calls to police responding to a report of a man acting erratically. It said it has begun an investigation to determine what role, if any, police actions or inactions played in the man’s death.“I’d like to see them charged.
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