Burnaby RCMP fire shots after police car rammed
Officers arrest two men following car chase, 1 in hospital with non-life threatening injuries
Burnaby RCMP fired shots after a police car was rammed following the robbery of a 7-11 at Canada Way and Edmonds Street early Sunday.
RCMP say officers tried to arrest two men in a van following the robbery, but their police car was rammed.
At that point, police say shots were fired. Both men fled in a van which crashed near Canada Way and Rosewood Street a few blocks away.
Police have since clarified that the shots that were fired came from police officers and no one else.
The two men fled on foot. One of them was tracked down by a police dog. Police say he was taken to hospital suffering from non-life threatening injuries. A second man was also arrested.
The Independent Investigations Office, which oversees serious police-involved incidents, has taken over the investigation.
Police are asking anyone who might have witnessed the shooting to contact the IIO.