B.C.’s police watchdog is investigating after a man died on Burnaby Mountain of what RCMP say was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to an RCMP statement, Coquitlam RCMP were called shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday morning by someone reporting that a man had left his home and intended to harm himself.
At 2:30 p.m., after hours searching, police say they located the man they believed to be the one they’d been called about.
He was carrying a gun, according to police.
“Police engaged the man verbally, at which point the man shot himself,” reads the statement.
The scene, near Gaglardi Way and University Drive, was cordoned off as RCMP officers and members of the Independent Investigations Office (IIO), B.C.’s police watchdog, investigated.
The B.C. Coroners Service was notified, and the IIO will now investigate to see if there is any link between police action or inaction and the death of the man.
