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A man died as a result of police shootings on a house near Mill Bay on Saturday.
RCMP officers from Shawnigan Lake made their way to the home located in the 1,100 block of Mill Bay Road, at Cedar Creek Mobile Home Park, to arrest a man in an investigation of lanes. done, reported the journal CHEK News.
The police entered the house shortly after noon and a man attacked them with a "sharp weapon". They responded by attempting to deploy a stun gun in an attempt to arrest him, the RCMP said in a statement. The police fired and the man was hit. He was taken to the hospital where he died as a result of his injuries.
No one else was hurt.
The Bureau of Independent Investigations has been called to investigate. The provincial body is responsible for reviewing deaths and injuries involving the police.
Neighbors told CHEK News that he had heard several shots. Shortly after, a person was taken out of the house on a stretcher.
– The Canadian Press, CHEK News
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