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Person dies after shots fired by North Vancouver RCMP, IIO investigating

A man is lucky to be alive after someone tried to set fire to the truck camper he was sleeping in in North Vancouver Monday night. (Shane MacKichan / CityNews Image)

Posted November 13, 2022 2:48 pm.

Last Updated November 16, 2022 3:18 pm.

One person has died after a police shooting in North Vancouver, prompting an investigation by the province’s police watchdog.

North Vancouver RCMP says on Saturday evening, officers responded to reports of a person who had allegedly attacked another person with a weapon on Hamber Place near Mt. Seymour Road.

North Vancouver RCMP vehicles with emergency lights activated at night

Hamber place and Mt Seymour Parkway

North Vancouver RCMP vehicles

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That same evening, police received a different report of a person trying to break into a nearby home, which Mounties believed to be the same person involved in the alleged attack.

Police say when they tried to arrest the person, a “confrontation ensued,” leading to an officer firing their weapon.

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Mounties say the person was taken to the hospital, where they later died.

The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) has been called in to investigate the actions of police in the incident.

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