RCMP officer, 51, shot dead, two others injured during a confrontation in Coquitlam, B.C.

An RCMP officer is dead and two others seriously injured after they were shot while attempting to execute a search warrant in the Vancouver suburb of Coquitlam.

A suspect was also seriously injured in the shooting, which took place in downtown Coquitlam shortly after 10 a.m. on Friday in an area not far from city hall. Witnesses described a chaotic scene as emergency workers treated the injured officers.

Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald, in a press conference late Friday afternoon, said 51-year-old Constable Rick O’Brien was killed in the shooting. The decorated RCMP officer had been with the service for seven years, with the Deputy Commissioner describing him as someone who was respected by his peers.

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