A dramatic police takedown took place on the Burnaby/Vancouver border on Monday - right in the middle of crowded traffic.
It all started in Richmond, with a woman being left injured and shaken after a car-jacking incident at her home.
At around 7:30 a.m., the woman, in her mid-40s, was preparing to start the engine of her dark-coloured 2007 Toyota SUV - in the 5000 block of Walton Road, near No. 2 Road and Westminster Highway - when she was approached by a suspect wearing dark clothing.
The suspect allegedly produced a weapon and used it to smash a window, before stealing the car and leaving the woman behind.
The victim, who was taken to hospital, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was visibly shaken from the incident.
After extensive patrols, Richmond Mounties were unable to find the vehicle and notified neighbouring police forces to be on the lookout for the vehicle, with officers being warned to exercise caution was thought to be armed and dangerous.
The vehicle was later found just before 9 a.m. in Vancouver, right at Boundary Road and East Hastings Street, by the Vancouver Police Department. In the dramatic video, a loud bang is heard as police surround the suspect’s vehicle.
Two suspects were arrested in connection with the vehicle – a 28-year-old man from Delta and a 21-year-old woman from Pitt Meadows.
Both have been turned over to Richmond RCMP.
