Man dies in fatal shooting involving police in Surrey

One of the police officers involved was injured during the confrontation and was transported to hospital.

The RCMP’s Dawson Creek website is down at the moment as is the national RCMP website and on social media Anonymous is taking responsibility.

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

The meeting in Dawson Creek was the last of five public consultations held this month.

She says investigators have conducted several interviews with civilians and witness officers and are obtaining and reviewing video from businesses and witnesses. Furthermore, the group is attacking “killer cops” who are shooting individuals without any cause, the Vancouver Sun reports.

Police say they were called to the hearing due to a reported disturbance.

“The Surrey RCMP are working with the IIO BC with respect to the fatal police involved shooting”.

On social media and via a press release Anonymous claims the RCMP shot and killed a masked member of the group without provocation or cause.

“We will offer support and raise funds if necessary to cover the burial expenses of our fallen comrade”.

“This RCMP officer must be named, fired, and charged – for the murder of our brother Anon. And if we do not receive justice, rest assured there will be revenge”, the statement said.

The group has vowed to continue its cyberattacks as part of a campaign called “AnonDown”.

Kilpatrick said a knife was recovered along with other physical evidence.

“In all of the IIO cases, I’ve never experienced us having to go forward and clarify information to this degree”, she said.

The video appeared to show the aftermath of the shooting with two officers standing over a man who was slumped on the ground in a pool of blood.

One officer appears to kick something away from the man, although the object can not be seen. Kilpatrick said a forensic specialist was to take over the scene while investigators spoke with witnesses and secured any video.

The IIO has not commented on the authenticity of the Facebook video.

On arriving, the RCMP officers ran into a man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and thought he was connected to the complaint.

It remains unclear if the Anonymous hacker group was responsible for the outage. In January of 2015, Anonymous declared war on Islamic State hackers after a terrorist attack struck satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in France.