Man shot dead after woman tries to flee vehicle on highway near Kamloops, B.C.: RCMP

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The RCMP say a man has been shot dead after officers responded to reports of a woman trying to escape a vehicle travelling along the Trans-Canada Highway near Kamloops, B.C.

They say 911 operators got a call from a woman from inside what sounded like a vehicle around 5:20 p.m. Sunday, before someone else reported a woman trying to get out of an erratically moving vehicle, and a third caller reported a relative and a child had been abducted.

RCMP say emergency response officers went to a rural property just before 9 p.m. when the suspect vehicle was reported near a trailer, and about six hours later a man emerged with a weapon and a child.

They say the man was shot and killed during the ensuing “engagement” with officers, and a woman was found inside the trailer with non-life-threatening injuries.