RCMP announce one officer killed, two wounded and suspect shot in Coquitlam, B.C.| FULL

An RCMP officer was killed, two more were wounded and the 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 in a Friday press conference.

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