The BC Coroners Service has identified the man shot dead by police at a standoff at the Starlight Casino. He was 48-year-old Mehrdad Bayrami of Richmond. The standoff lasted five hours and backed up traffic during the morning commute back on November 8th. It ended when police shot the man in the abdomen. He was taken to hospital, where he died 10 … [Read more...]
BREAKING: New West standoff over
November 8, 2012 by
The standoff at the Starlight Casino in New Westminster is over. New Westminster Police say the suspect is down. Shortly before 11am, CKNW reporter Jordan Armstrong heard a loud "bang" come from the casino parking lot. "From our location, where the media is, about half a kilometre at Queensborough landing, and in the past five minutes or so an … [Read more...]
Update on New West standoff
November 8, 2012 by
A tense situation continues near the Starlight Casino in the Queensborough landing area of New Westminster. Just over three hours after this incident began, New Westminster Police have just briefed the media for the first time. Inspector Phil Eastwood says the standoff began just before 6am after Starlight Casino staff noticed a man with a gun in … [Read more...]
Charges laid in armed standoff at hotel
October 17, 2012 by
Charges have now been laid after a nearly 10-hour armed standoff at Vancouver’s Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel this week. A major portion of the downtown core was closed off Monday, as police dealt with a man with a handgun cornered to a public foyer of the hotel. Ranjit Singh Sandhu of Surrey now faces several firearms-related charges, … [Read more...]
UPDATES: Standoff ends in downtown Vancouver
October 15, 2012 by
A stand off between police and a distraught man which kept roads closed around a downtown Vancouver hotel for ten hours this morning is finally over. Vancouver Police say a 28-year-old Surrey man with mental health issues has been arrested following the lengthy standoff. They did not identify him, but say he faces possible weapons charges. The man … [Read more...]
Langley standoff over
August 17, 2012 by
Langley Mounties say a brief standoff is now over. Police responded after a man called police to say he had been threatened by a roommate who might have a weapon. Police evacuated parts of the area around the 206-hundred block of Eastleigh Crescent. An hour and half later a suspect surrendered. The mounties say charges might be pending. CKNW … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Police standoff in Mission over
July 17, 2012 by
A man who barricaded himself inside a house in Mission this morning is now in police custody.Inspector Davy Lee says the man believed to be in his mid-20s turned himself in.“This was the advice provided to him by our negotiators. The house has now been cleared by our emergency response team. Certainly the individual took … [Read more...]
Dropped 911 call leads to hours-long stand-off in North Vancouver
July 7, 2012 by
It was all for nothing, after a dropped 911 call led to an hours-long stand off outside a North Vancouver home Friday. RCMP and Emergency Response Team members responded, brought in an armoured car, and evacuated immediate neighbours...only to find the home empty when they went in. "All's well that ends well in this case." Constable Geoff Harder … [Read more...]
Surrey man suspected in stand-off, explosion
May 18, 2012 by
A 48-year-old Surrey man is believed to be the one involved in a tense stand-off with Kamloops police last night for nearly seven hours. The suspect was the estranged boyfriend of a 44-year-old woman in the house with her current boyfriend and four children, two boys aged 11 and nine, as well as two girls aged 13 and eight. All the occupants are … [Read more...]
Okanagan standoff ends peacefully
April 27, 2012 by
A man armed with a gun and a knife has surrendered peacefully to local police in the Okanagan community of Chase, east of Kamloops. The man in his 50's entered the local Royal Bank branch, he allowed all customers and staff to exit safely. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says they still don't know what his motives were, "With respect to who this individual is, … [Read more...]
