BC RCMP officer shot dead, 2 wounded and suspect shot in Metro Vancouver

An RCMP officer was killed, two more were wounded and a suspect was shot in Coquitlam on Friday as officers executed a search warrant in a private home.

Ridge Meadows RCMP were searching a home near the intersection of Pinetree Way and Glen Drive in the Metro Vancouver city before 10 a.m., when an “altercation” began between police and a civilian, according to B.C. RCMP.

In the course of that altercation, RCMP said multiple officers were injured and the suspect was shot. Const. Rick O’Brien, 51, was killed.

“This is an extremely difficult and tragic day for our members at Ridge Meadows detachment, Coquitlam RCMP where this incident occurred, and the greater RCMP and RCMP family,” said B.C. RCMP Deputy Comm. Dwayne McDonald.

“We all join in expressing our heartfelt condolences to Const. O’Brien’s family, who I had the opportunity to visit with earlier today.”

According to McDonald, Ottawa-born O’Brien had just celebrated his seventh year of service with the Ridge Meadows RCMP. Shortly after joining in 2016, he was commended for bravery for his involvement in the rescue of several victims of a home invasion and the arrest of the suspects.

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