Police officer critically injured in Saanich shooting still in ICU after three surgeries
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SAANICH — An officer who was injured in a lethal shootout exterior a financial institution in Saanich final week stays in intensive care after three surgical procedures.
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Saanich Chief Const. Dean Duthie instructed a information convention that the officer, who has eight years of service with the division, has been exhibiting indicators of “enchancment day-to-day.”
Three Saanich officers and three from the Victoria Police Division, all members of the emergency response crew, had been injured within the gunfight with two closely armed robbers exterior a Financial institution of Montreal.
Duthie says one other Saanich officer is secure and stays in hospital, whereas Victoria police mentioned Sunday that one in every of their officers continues to be in care and faces an extended restoration.
The chief says the injured officers and the division have been overwhelmed by an outpouring of public assist.
RCMP have taken over the investigation into the financial institution theft, the place 22-year-old twins, Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie from Duncan had been killed by police on June 28.
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