FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: BURNABY BC RCMP OFFICER STABBED, OFFICER SHOT SUSPECT!

Surveillance video of Burnaby RCMP stabbing shows officer shot suspect: The Independent Investigation’s Office of B.C. says the Burnaby RCMP officer killed in the line of duty Tuesday was able to shoot the assailant.

Const. Shaelyn Yang had an interaction with a person living in a tent in Broadview Park, said Ron MacDonald, chief civilian director of the IIO on Wednesday.

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During the interaction, Yang was stabbed and that’s when she fired her gun, MacDonald explained.

“At this point in time we are not sure of the number of shots that were fired,” he said. “It’s our information (that) she fired a shot, at least at the individual involved, a male. That man went to hospital and is expected to survive.”

MacDonald said they have obtained surveillance video that shows “most of the incident” so he is hopeful that the investigation will wrap up “sooner than later.”