Homicide investigators expected to provide update into murder of BC RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang

The Integrated Homicide Investigation team is expected to provide an update Wednesday about the murder of Burnaby RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation team is expected to provide an update Wednesday about the murder of Burnaby RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang.

The 31-year-old was stabbed to death while responding to a call at a local park.

Tributes continue to pour in from across the country as the policing community mourns the loss of one of their own.

The crime scene near Canada Way and Curle Avenue in Burnaby remained behind police tape Wednesday morning with more than half a dozen cruisers guarding the area.

There are two simultaneous investigations underway.

The first is being conducted by IHIT, which is taking the lead on Yang’s shocking and sudden death.

B.C.’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office, is looking into the shooting of the suspect.