Watchdog clears B.C. Mounties after man suffers self-inflicted gunshot wound

SURREY — British Columbia’s police watchdog says it has cleared officers of wrongdoing after a confrontation in April where a man shot and wounded himself.

The Independent Investigations Office says Mounties were called to a home on Nason Street in Quesnel on April 15 after receiving reports of gunshots and a man in possession of a firearm.

The officer says in a news release that officers set up a containment around the home and told people nearby to stay in their homes or shelter in a basement.

The office says when police entered the home they found the man suffering from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.