Details in fatal B.C. RCMP shooting emerge
Last Updated: Monday, August 2, 2010 | 5:13 PM PT
The Canadian Press
The outside police force investigating a fatal shooting involving two RCMP officers in B.C. has released more details about what it believes happened.
The Calgary Police Service was brought in to investigate the death of a 50-year-old man who was shot and killed during a confrontation with two Mounties last Friday in Kamloops.
While police haven't released the man's name, the victim's mother has identified him as Wilbert Bartley.
Calgary police say in a news release that their investigation has determined an unmarked RCMP minivan was behind an SUV, which then reversed and backed into the police vehicle.
The release says two plainclothes officers, who were outside their car at the time, fired two shots into the SUV's windshield, hitting the driver once. The SUV then drove forward into a business, which has previously been described as a coffee shop.
The victim's mother, Catherine Bartley of Owen Sound, Ont., has acknowledged her son had a "lengthy" criminal record, but she has insisted he wasn't a violent man.
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