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B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office has been called in to Burnaby after a reportedly armed man was shot and injured by police following a disturbance at a residence on Sunday morning.
Burnaby RCMP says when officers arrived at the residence on Kingsway Avenue at about 10:15 a.m., the man approached them with an edged weapon. One officer discharged their firearm and struck the man. No one else was injured.
The man needed emergency aid at the scene and was taken to hospital.
No further information will be released by police as the matter is now under investigation by the IIO.