The officer suffered a serious head injury and was taken to the hospital, while a 53-year-old man was also taken to hospital and will remain in custody
Police in Vancouver shot and injured a man Saturday after an officer was allegedly attacked with a weapon while on patrol in the city’s Downtown Eastside.
Const. Tania Visintin says in a statement two officers were sitting in their patrol vehicle Saturday morning when a man carrying a weapon struck one of the officers through an open window.Visintin says the officer suffered a serious head injury and was taken to the hospital, while a 53-year-old man was also taken to hospital and will remain in custody.
She says a second officer who arrived at the scene to assist police was assaulted by a bystander but was not seriously injured. Visintin says the incident is now under investigation by the Vancouver department’s major crime section and B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office.
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