RCMP spokesman Sgt. Peter Thiessen said the Mounties' North Vancouver police serious crimes unit is conducting the investigation of a man wounded by a Mountie in Deep Cove. (CBC)A driver has been shot by police following a chase in North Vancouver.

The RCMP said officers were pursuing a driver who had struck several other vehicles in the Deep Cove neighbourhood at about 2:30 p.m. PT.

When the driver got out of his vehicle, witnesses told CBC News, officers yelled at him to take his hands out of his pockets and put them in the air.

Instead, they said, the man charged at police. One of the officers fired a single shot, hitting the man, whose identity has not been released. There was no word on the condition of the driver. The Mountie was not injured.

Tyler Pearson, the owner of the nearby Deep Cove Music, said emergency vehicles quickly flooded the area.

"Lots of vehicles on site — police car, fire engines, the ambulance finally came. When I was down there the police officers were just speaking to the fellow, saying 'You gotta fight it, you gotta fight it, you gotta keep breathing, stay with us, stay with us.' … I don't know how it turned out."

RCMP spokesman Sgt. Peter Thiessen said the North Vancouver police serious crimes unit would be conducting the investigation.