Police fatally shoot man on Vancouver's Granville Bridge
CBC
The Vancouver Police Department says it has notified B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office after a fatal police-involved shooting on the Granville Bridge Thursday evening.
In a statement, the VPD said officers responded at 6:45 p.m. after a 911 caller reported a person acting erratically.
"When officers arrived there was an altercation that resulted in the man being shot and killed by police," reads the statement.
The Independent Investigations Office (IIO), which investigates all police interactions in the province when someone is killed or seriously injured, will be leading a probe into what happened.
In a separate statement, the IIO said it had deployed investigators to the area Thursday night and will be trying to confirm the details of what happened during the altercation.
The organization is asking anyone who may have witnessed what happened or recorded video footage of the incident to contact the toll-free witness line at 1 855-446-8477 or fill out the contact form on their website.