CP NewsAlert: 7-year RCMP member, Const. Rick O’Brien, shot dead in B.C.

By The Canadian Press on September 22, 2023.

British Columbia Premier David Eby says three's been a critical incident involving RCMP in the Metro Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam. Eby speaks during a news conference in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

COQUITLAM, B.C. – A decorated seven-year member of the RCMP has been shot dead during a confrontation while executing a search warrant in Coquitlam, B.C.

RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says 51-year-old Const. Rick O’Brien was killed and two other officers were injured, while a suspect was shot and is also in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version said police were trying to serve an arrest warrant.