Surrey off-duty officer dies following incident at Langley gun range

LANGLEY — An off-duty Surrey police officer died following a self-inflicted injury at a gun range in Langley Wednesday, prompting the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of B.C. to launch an investigation into the circumstances of the distress call.

According to a news release from the IIO Wednesday evening, information shared by the RCMP states that on Wednesday afternoon, police were attempting to locate a man reportedly in distress at a business in the 9900 block of 201 Street in Langley. The area in question is a largely industrial area and not a residential area of the city.

The man, who was identified as an off-duty member of the Surrey Police Service, sustained a serious injury that appears to have been self-inflicted while police were in the building, the IIO said. The man was subsequently pronounced deceased.

Pictures supplied by Curtis Kreklau of South Fraser News Service show several RCMP units gathered outside an industrial building where a gun range is located at 2-9938 201 Street.