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WEDNESDAY
APRIL 1 2015 www.burnabynewsleader.com
Burnaby Hospice Society has new digs. Page A4
Home invasion, shooting may be linked Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
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The action was intense at the first Canadian quidditch championships at Swangard Stadium on Saturday. See story, more photos Page A3
Stabbing suspect shot by police Two die in hospital following incident in Riverside neighbourhood Wanda Chow
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
Three investigations are now underway after a stabbing suspect was shot by Burnaby RCMP during an arrest Sunday morning. At about 5:50 a.m., Burnaby Mounties responded to a report of a double stabbing in the 6100-block of 14th Avenue in the Riverside
neighbourhood of South Burnaby. When officers arrived there were several people in the house, including the victim, who was taken to hospital where he died. During the officers’ contact with the alleged suspect he was shot while being taken into custody. While Burnaby RCMP initially said in a press release he appeared to have non-life threatening injuries, the man later died in hospital. No one else was injured. The Integrated Homicide
Investigation Team (IHIT) has taken control of the investigation into the initial stabbing. The cause and manner of death in the shooting is being investigated by the BC Coroners Service. Meanwhile, the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIOBC), which investigates police-involved deaths or injuries, is also investigating the shooting that involved the officer. IIOBC investigators were identifying potential witnesses and canvassing
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the neighbourhood on Sunday. “This is the 11th officer involved shooting under investigation by the IIO since April 1, 2014 and the third incident in Burnaby this month,” said IIOBC. On March 1, just before 3 a.m., Burnaby RCMP officers saw an apparent robbery in progress at the 7-Eleven at Canada Way and Edmonds. When they tried to arrest the two male suspects, shots were fired before they fled in a vehicle. Please see WITNESSES, A5
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Burnaby RCMP are trying to determine whether a home invasion and shooting incident in North Burnaby on Friday afternoon are linked. The home invasion took place just before 3 p.m. in the 1000-block of Augusta Avenue, said Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Major John Buis. Within about 15 minutes, a man was found in the 3800-block of Hastings Street, near Boundary Road, with possible gunshot wounds, he said. That man was taken to Royal Columbian Hospital for treatment. “In the home invasion a firearm was produced but I don’t know if the shots were discharged in the home,” said Buis. Investigators have not yet determined if anyone was injured in the home invasion because police did not find a victim at the home, he said. The investigation is still in its initial stages. “We’re still trying to determine what took place at the home invasion and if that person that was found some distance away was involved,” Buis said. Police seem to have as many questions as answers but, Buis noted, “It doesn’t appear to be a random act.”