Watchdog probing fatal police shooting

One man is dead in Surrey, B.C., following an officer-involved shooting that is now under investigation by the province’s police watchdog.

The shooting took place about 8 a.m. Sunday at a Safeway store in the Surrey neighbourhood of Whalley. Kellie Kilpatrick, a spokeswoman for the Independent Investigations Office, said its investigators were called at about 8:41a.m.

“Initial reports are that a male was at the store, distraught. He left the store and subsequently came into contact with Transit police, who shot the affected person, who we learned a short time ago did not survive his injuries,” Kilpatrick said.

She couldn’t confirm reports a man had stabbed himself inside the store.