B.C.’s Independent Investigation Office has been called in after innocent bystanders were injured during a dramatic Vancouver police takedown related to a double homicide and kidnapping on Monday.
Two bystanders were injured during the arrest in New Westminster, including a man who started running away when he heard the flash bangs and was bitten by a police dog, and a woman who was injured when her vehicle was struck. The man reportedly had his ear bitten off by the police dog.
The IIO has confirmed that it will investigate, but only the circumstances involving the police and the injuries to the innocent bystanders. The IIO is not involved in the homicide or kidnapping aspect of the investigation and is expected to release a statement later Wednesday.
VPD Sgt. Brian Montague has apologized on behalf of officers involved in the takedown, saying that police were dealing with an active kidnapping and had an opportunity to rescue the kidnap victim.
Three men, all in their 20s, were arrested in relation to a grisly double murder in East Vancouver and the abduction of a third person on the weekend.
On Saturday, Vancouver police found two bodies at an East Vancouver house in the 100-block of Dieppe Place just before 10 p.m. They also found a terrified four-year-old child, and evidence of a kidnapping.
The homicide victims were identified as Samantha Le, 29, and Xuan Vanvy Bacao, 24. Le, Bacao, the child and the unidentified kidnap victim all lived in the house.
Police have not revealed the cause of death or the motivation behind the homicides and abduction.
ticrawford@postmedia.com
With files from Cheryl Chan
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B.C.’s Independent Investigation Office has been called in after innocent bystanders were injured during a dramatic Vancouver police takedown related to a double homicide and kidnapping on Monday. Vancouver Police were called to a house on Dieppe Place overnight for a possible homicide.
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B.C.’s Independent Investigation Office has been called in after innocent bystanders were injured during a dramatic Vancouver police takedown related to a double homicide and kidnapping on Monday. Vancouver Police were called to a house on Dieppe Place overnight for a possible homicide.
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B.C.’s Independent Investigation Office has been called in after innocent bystanders were injured during a dramatic Vancouver police takedown related to a double homicide and kidnapping on Monday. Vancouver Police were called to a house on Dieppe Place overnight for a possible homicide.
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B.C.’s Independent Investigation Office has been called in after innocent bystanders were injured during a dramatic Vancouver police takedown related to a double homicide and kidnapping on Monday. Vancouver Police were called to a house on Dieppe Place overnight for a possible homicide.
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