The province's Independent Investigations Office is still investigating what happened before RCMP officers shot Jared Lowndes, 38, outside a Tim Hortons in the Vancouver Island community last Thursday. He told me that the RCMP had killed him. In an interview, she told CBC News her son was a dedicated father of two daughters, aged six and 13. "Jared was very clear about who he is as an Indigenous man," Holland said. Mounties alleges Jared Lowndes fled from officers and then stabbed a police dog to death.

Source: CBC News July 13, 2021 12:00 UTC