Father of teen involved in Surrey RCMP interaction says son is on life support
Posted October 8, 2020 10:47 am.
Last Updated October 8, 2020 1:35 pm.
SURREY (NEWS 1130) – A man claiming to be the father of the person who ended up in the hospital in critical condition early Thursday after an interaction with Mounties says he has questions.
The Surrey RCMP claims the man, whom the father says was his 17-year-old son, was hurt after shooting at an officer who was responding to a robbery at a plaza in the area of Fraser Highway and 159 Street just after 2 a.m..
The RCMP says the suspect then turned the gun on himself.
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Mounties have said the man was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
The father tells NEWS 1130 doctors now want to take his son off life support.
“It’s pretty hard to say anything, we don’t know what to do yet,” he says. “I didn’t find out until 3 in the morning, I thought he was at home. But he walks down sometimes to get food, because there’s only so many places to eat. That’s it.”
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The father is skeptical of the account from officers, saying his son doesn’t own a gun.
“He was a good kid. He got in a couple fights when he was younger. But he was just graduating.”
He also claims his son was the one to call police in the first place to report a possible robbery.
The Independent Investigations Office, which is B.C.’s police watchdog, has now been called in to look into the events that transpired.
