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Staff at RCMP headquarters in Surrey chased with knife after man tries to jack cop鈥檚 car, police say

Police say no indication 鈥檌ncident鈥 was targeted towards police
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Statue of Mountie outside RCMP E division headquarters in Green Timbers, Surrey. (File photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Surrey Mounties say a man tried to jack an off-duty cop鈥檚 car in the parking lot of Jim Pattison Centre early Wednesday afternoon, ran through Green Timbers forest, threw a rock through an automobile window in the parking lot of the RCMP鈥檚 E Division Headquarters and then ran into the lobby where he 鈥渁llegedly鈥 chased two civilian employees with a knife.

This was shortly after 1 p.m., Aug. 2.

鈥淥n-duty police officers and security measures were immediately engaged and the man was taken into custody,鈥 Cpl. Vanessa Munn stated in an email to the Now-Leader. 鈥淒uring the incident, the glass of one of the security doors was broken. Some of the responding officers received minor injuries.鈥

Munn said there鈥檚 no indication the 鈥渋ncident鈥 was targeted towards police, 鈥渂ut any possible motive will form part of the ongoing investigation.

鈥淭his was a scary incident for the civilian staff, officers, and all those who witnessed it. The immediate and decisive actions of the officers and staff helped ensure a quick resolution to this incident.鈥

Staff Sgt. Kris Clark, senior media relations officer for the BC RCMP, declined to comment. 鈥淭he police of jurisdiction is Surrey (RCMP) so you鈥檙e best to call them,鈥 he said Thursday morning. 鈥淚 know there was an event here but they鈥檙e the ones who have conduct of the investigation so they鈥檙e the ones to speak to it.鈥



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