RCMP justified in killing 2022 Langley shooting suspect: IIO

B.C.’s police watchdog has found the actions of the officer who shot and killed the suspect in the 2022 Langley shootings were “justified and necessary.”

The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC says the officer under review “clearly faced a threat of grievous bodily harm or death” when they were responding to the incident on July 25 of last year.

The IIO explains its conclusion was made “based on the extent of the threat” the suspect posed to the public, as well as the officer in question.

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As such, the IIO says it will not be recommending charges, adding the officer should be “commended for his actions that day as he put himself in the line of fire to protect the public.”

“I note that in the course of the incident, the officer placed himself in great danger to limit the threat to the public from AP,” the IIO report reads.

It goes on to say the officer’s actions “may have saved many lives, including his own.”

Officers were called to several locations both in the Township and City of Langley the morning of July 25, 2022.

A man was found dead at Creekstone Place, while a second body was found at the Langley City bus loop near Logan and Glover Road.

Those two men would later be identified as Paul David Wynn, 60, and Steven Furness, 43. Both were experiencing homelessness.

Two other people were also found shot and taken to the hospital.

Police investigate in Langley, B.C. on Monday, July 25, 2022, after a shooting left two people dead. The suspect was also killed. (CityNews Image)

The suspect, Jordan David Goggin, was shot by police. The 28-year-old Surrey man died at the scene. Goggin was known to police for “non-criminal contacts.”

The incident prompted an emergency alert sent out to mobile devices just before 6:30 a.m., urging people to avoid the area as the situation unfolded. That alert said the shootings involved “transient victims” and said police had an “interaction” with one suspect.

The emergency alert was officially cancelled just after 3:30 p.m. the same day.

A motive for the shooting was never revealed.

-With files from Charlie Carey