On December 4th, a man armed with a knife appeared at a convenience store in downtown Vancouver and stabbed someone.
The incident occurred near Robson Street and Hamilton Street near BC Place. Vancouver Police received a report at around 11:30 a.m. from a nearby restaurant that a man had stolen alcohol and was carrying a knife. Police found the armed suspect at a 7-Eleven near the Vancouver Central Library. The man was wounded by police gunfire and taken to hospital, where he later died.
One man was stabbed in the hand and the other suffered injuries to his face, but police said neither were life-threatening. The report quoted a witness outside the 7-Eleven as saying the suspect tried to steal cigarettes from behind the counter.
When a clerk tried to stop him, he pulled a knife and tried to stab the man. The man ran away, so the suspect stabbed the woman instead. Police also said they shot the suspect 10 times.
The incident, which resulted in the death of a suspect, is being investigated by the Independent Investigations Office, a civilian police watchdog group.