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B.C. police watchdog investigating fatal police shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.

Jul 24, 2022 | 10:29 AM

NANAIMO, B.C. — The RCMP says one man has died following a police shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.

Mounties say in a news release frontline officers were called to a reported confrontation between a man and woman outside a vehicle near the south end of the city on Saturday afternoon. 

They allege the man produced a weapon when officers arrived.

The statement says shots were fired by police and the man was injured.