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Burnaby shooting victims ID’d

A Burnaby man has been identified as one of two victims of a shooting in the city’s northwest end last week. Kenneth Robert Hanna, 48, was killed following a police-involved shooting on Friday.
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Investigators with B.C.'s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office, are investigating a fatal police-involved shooting in Burnaby.

A Burnaby man has been identified as one of two victims of a shooting in the city’s northwest end last week.

Kenneth Robert Hanna, 48, was killed following a police-involved shooting on Friday.

Burnaby RCMP along with officers from Vancouver and the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team arrived at the scene of what was believed to be a shooting at a home in the 3800 block of Frances Street on Sept. 18. Police at the scene attempted to communicate with Hanna, inside the home, but he wouldn’t cooperate, according to the RCMP.

Officers entered the residence, shots were fired and Hanna sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene. His death is being investigated by B.C.’s police watchdog, the Independent Investigations Office.

A second man, Vancouver resident Matthew Charles Miles, was found dead inside the home. Police believe the 47-year-old is the victim of the initial shooting. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is investigating his death.