Jordan Daniel Goggin, the spree shooter who killed two people and injured two others last July in Langley, was shot three times by the RCMP officer who confronted him, a police watchdog report has revealed.

B次元官网网址淭he officer should be commended for his actions that day as he put himself in the line of fire to protect the public,B次元官网网址� wrote Ronald J. MacDonald, the chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office (IIO). B次元官网网址淗is actions that day may have saved many lives, including his own.B次元官网网址�

Released on Thursday, May 18, the IIO report is the first to chronicle the encounter between Goggin, who had been roaming Langley since midnight on July 25 shooting people, apparently at random, and the RCMP, who caught up with him in a parking lot at the intersection of 200th Street and the Langley Bypass.

B次元官网网址�(Goggin) needed to be stopped to protect (the officerB次元官网网址檚) life, and also to prevent more innocent people from being harmed,B次元官网网址� MacDonald concluded in his report.

After three shootings that had killed two men B次元官网网址� Paul Wynn and Steven Furness B次元官网网址� and critically injured a woman, Langley RCMP were on high alert, and images of the suspect had been circulated to officers.

The report also relied on CCTV footage from around the community, including from the incidents at 200th Street and the Langley Bypass, where the spree finally ended.

Goggin, referred to in the IIO report as Affected Person or AP, emerged from the bushes on 200th Street at 5:43 a.m. and stopped a man riding a bicycle.

Goggin asked the victim for drugs, or if he knew of anywhere to get drugs, then pointed a black Glock pistol at the victimB次元官网网址檚 head.

A struggle ensued, with the victim fighting back and wrestling with Goggin in the street. At least four shots were fired during the scuffle, according to other witnesses who came upon the scene and called 9-1-1. Based on that report, a tone alert was sent out to all Langley RCMP including ERT members, notification of a serious incident underway.

One of the shots hit the victim in the leg, but the gun apparently jammed after that, with a bullet stuck in the chamber. In the struggle, the victim B次元官网网址渟uccessfully removed the magazine from the gun,B次元官网网址� the report said.

B次元官网网址�(The victim) told IIO investigators he believed that he was fighting for his life,B次元官网网址� MacDonaldB次元官网网址檚 report said.

While the fight continued, the first responding officer sped to the scene, arriving at about 5:46 a.m., just three or four minutes after the first call. The officer, not identified by name in the documents, spotted the fight and saw Goggin.

The officer B次元官网网址渟aid that when he approached, he saw (Goggin) armed with a gun standing over (the victim), who appeared to be injured laying on the ground,B次元官网网址� according to the report.

The shooter ran away, heading off the road into the parking lot near the Indigo bookstore. The officer drove after him, driving straight over the sidewalk and through the bushes in pursuit.

When Goggin raised his gun and pointed it at the officer B次元官网网址� an encounter caught on surveillance video from nearby businesses B次元官网网址� the officer fired back through his windshield several times, getting glass fragments in his eyes.

The officer, who was the critical incident commander of the ERT that day, described it as the highest threat level of any incident he B次元官网网址渉ad faced in over two decades of frontline and emergency police service.B次元官网网址�

When Goggin raised the gun one more time, the officer fired several more shots. Goggin then fell down. The report said Goggin had loaded another magazine and had unjammed the gun but had not successfully chambered a round of ammunition prior to raising the weapon a second time at the officer.

B次元官网网址淎t 5:47 a.m., SO (the officer) advised over the radio, B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� shots fired, suspect is downB次元官网网址�, MacDonaldB次元官网网址檚 report says.

B次元官网网址淒onB次元官网网址檛 reach for that gun,B次元官网网址� the officer commanded, his words picked up by his radio. B次元官网网址淐rawl away from the firearm. We are going to give you help okay. We have an ambulance coming but I need you to get away from that gun for me. We are going to give you all the help you can get.B次元官网网址�

Although medical help arrived fairly soon, Goggin was declared dead at the scene. The officer had fired 11 shots. The post-mortem exam showed he was shot three times.

GogginB次元官网网址檚 firearm was located on the ground near to him, and a live round of ammunition that matched it was located a short distance away.

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A toxicology report indicated the presence of benzodiazepine, codeine, and tramadol, an opiod pain medication, were in his system. MacDonald said Goggin suffered from depression and drug addition, but a motive for his actions that day has not been determined.

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