On December 4th, a man armed with a knife appeared at a convenience store in downtown Vancouver and stabbed someone.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The incident, which resulted in the death of a suspect, is being investigated by the Independent Investigations Office, a civilian police watchdog group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"