[soja]

Saanich, BC. 2 in custody, searching for a possible 3rd perp.

UPDATE: Police are evacuating nearby homes and businesses due to the presence of a potential explosive device.

Multiple people have been injured in what witnesses on scene are saying is a bank robbery at Bank of Montreal location on Shelbourne Street near Pear Street.

The Saanich Police Department has confirmed there have been multiple injuries during a gunfire exchange. Two people are in custody while police are searching the area for a possible third suspect.

The department has issued a shelter-in-place advisory for the area of North Dairy Road to Cedar Hill Cross Road and Richmond Road to Cedar Hill Road.

Officers are responding to reports of an armed suspect at a bank in the 3600-block of Shelbourne Street.

https://www.saanichnews.com/news/bre...-bank-robbery/
other article:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...ting-1.6504519

thought canada was a happy place with no gun crime.

[soja]

wtf, my video didn't show up. attempt 2

[souris]

Canada's slowly turning into a ridiculous shithole

[soja]

alleged photo from the scene...not sure why it looks like a mannequin there.







another angle. seeing reports that 2 suspects killed, 6 cops wounded, although i have not been able to confirm

[Bleed]

Originally Posted by soja ↗

...another angle...

Unconfirmed reports suggest the getaway driver was in a Zoom call at the time of the incident...

[Pyramid_Head]

Like a movie scene. Canada giving off America vibes.

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by soja ↗

seeing reports that 2 suspects killed, 6 cops wounded, although i have not been able to confirm

The chief of the Saanich, B.C., police department says explosive devices were found in a vehicle associated with the suspects who were gunned down outside a bank.

Chief Const. Dean Duthie says an RCMP explosive disposal unit was able to transfer the devices from a vehicle to a local landfill, the Hartland Landfill Facility, and destroy them on Wednesday.

Two suspects were killed, and six members of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT) were injured when shots were fired outside the bank late Tuesday morning. Witnesses described hearing dozens of shots back to back just after 11 a.m. PT.

Duthie says three of six officers wounded by gunfire remain in hospital, including one who is in intensive care, while another officer will require more surgeries over the next few months, while three officers were treated and released and are recovering at home.

Police are still investigating the possibility of a third suspect, although they don't believe there's a risk to the public. He said police were acting on "vague information" with regards to a possible third person. Investigators are currently working to identify the suspects.

No further details were provided on the nature of the explosive devices, what firearms were used in the shooting, and how many people were in the bank at the time of the shooting.

Duthie says the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIIMCU) has now taken charge of the investigation. A concurrent investigation has also been launched by the Independent Investigations Office, the oversight body which reviews all police actions that result in death or serious harm.

In a statement, the VIIMCU said it is "actively involved" in what it is treating as an attempted murder investigation.

The suspects were armed, and it's believed they were wearing body armour.

The bank is in a largely residential neighbourhood of Saanich, about a kilometre west of the University of Victoria campus on southern Vancouver Island. The shooting started as the plaza was full of people running errands at nearby shops or stopping at restaurants for lunch.

Three of the injured officers are members of the Saanich Police Department, and three are members of the Victoria Police Department.