Police Shooting in Fort St. John: Man Injured

It's March 30th.

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Early Sunday morning in Fort St. John, British Columbia, around 315 AM on March 29th,

2026, RCMP officers stopped the Black Ford pickup truck near 86th Street and 97th Avenue,

leading to a man getting seriously injured in a police shooting.

The truck had two people inside and cops pulled it over because the passenger had outstanding

arrest warrants.

He stepped out reportedly armed with a weapon, prompting an officer to fire their gun and

hit him with life-threatening wounds that sent him straight to the hospital.

No officers got hurt in the mix-up, and while folks in the community are keeping a close

eye on this, the incident highlights how routine stops can, escalate fast when warrants and

weapons enter the picture.

British Columbia's independent investigations office jumped in right away to probe the whole

thing as they do with any police case involving serious.

Gathering evidence without RCMP interference, RCMP staying tight-lipped on details for now

to let the watchdog handle a clean, so we'll wait and see what the full report uncovers

about that.

Tense early morning encounter.