BC NEWS, COQUTILAM

Friday, September 22, 2023. Last updated on Sunday, September 24, 2023.

UPDATE – On September 23, 2023, the BC Prosecution Service approved charges against Nicholas Bellemare, 25, of Coquitlam. Bellemare has been charged with one count of First Degree Murder and one count of Attempted Murder with a firearm. Bellemare has been remanded in custody.

An RCMP officer is dead and two other officers have been seriously injured in a shooting incident in Coquitlam Friday morning…

On September 22, 2023, Ridge Meadows RCMP were executing a search warrant on a residence near the intersection of Pine Tree Way and Glen Drive in Coquitlam, B.C.

While there, the attending officers became engaged in an altercation with a man which resulted in multiple officers being injured and the man being shot.

Emergency Health Services transported all injured to hospital, but one of the officers was shot and succumbed to their injuries.

The suspect in the incident was also taken to hospital in serious condition.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been deployed and will assume conduct of the investigation into the officer’s death and the injuries to the other officers.

The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia will concurrently investigate the actions of police.

Once more information is released, an update to this will follow.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the IHIT Information Line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca