RCMP websites down as Anonymous vows to avenge Dawson Creek death

Its members have claimed responsibility in the past for hacking incidents including the shutdown of the Cleveland city website last fall after the police shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

A spokesperson from the Department of Public Safety says Sunday afternoon that they are “monitoring the situation closely”.

Police have not yet confirmed whether there is a connection between the man who was shot and killed outside of a Site C open house, and evidence on social media of a plan to disrupt and cancel the event. The group sent out a tweet through one of its affiliated accounts after the shooting, saying it “would like to report a murder”.

The unidentified man later died in hospital.

The police watchdog investigates all officer-involved incidents in British Columbia that result in death or serious injury.

“We will most certainly avenge one of our own when they are cut down in the streets while protesting the earth wrecking environmental policies of the Canadian government”, the hacktivist group’s release said.

She said the IIO would not identify the officers and that the B.C. Coroners Service would release the name of the deceased.

The group has vowed to continue its cyberattacks as part of a campaign called “AnonDown”. “We take all precautions”, she said.

Meanwhile, witness video has emerged that appears to show the aftermath of a fatal shooting by RCMP outside a public hearing for the Site C dam in Dawson Creek on Thursday.

In the video posted on Facebook, two officers with their guns drawn are standing over a man in a grey hoodie while he is slumped on the ground.

She has not confirmed witness reports that the man killed was wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.

One officer appears to kick something away from the man although the object can’t be seen.

The IIO could not yet confirm what the victim was doing at the Fixx Urban Grill restaurant on the evening of July 16, but said he had a knife.

The IIO is asking anyone with information about what happened in the area to come forward, saying cell phone videos are of particular interest.

Mounties have said they encountered a man wearing a mask outside the venue and believed he was connected to the call about a disturbance and destruction of property.

A group called Operation Anon Down posted an Anonymous statement online Saturday calling for justice and vengeance, and posting a list of targets.