IIO clears RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in shooting homeless man in Burnaby park
Story by Staff Reporter • Yesterday 5:15 p.m.
Formal RCMP portrait of Const. Shaelyn (Tzu-Hsin) Yang, who was killed in the line of duty in Burnaby on Oct.18, 2022.
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The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. has found no wrongdoing on the part of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang after an altercation in which she shot a man and she was stabbed during a sheltering check in a Burnaby park in October.
The IIO, which investigates deaths or serious injuries involving police, said Yang shot the man before she was taken to hospital. She died about 30 minutes later.
“The chief civilian director has reviewed the available evidence, including independent witness statements and video footage, and determined that there are no reasonable grounds to believe that any officer has committed an offence,” the IIO statement reads. The matter will not be referrd to the Crown for consideration of charges.
Jongwon Ham, 37, who survived gunshot-related injuries, has been charged with first-degree murder.
Yang, 31, was part of a special Burnaby RCMP team that takes the lead on homelessness and mental health issues for the department. Yang had accompanied a parks worker to speak to a man sheltering in Broadview Park.
Her death sparked a massive outpouring of grief as thousands of first responders took part in the Nov. 2 procession. Police personnel from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and Washington state, plus partners from the Canada Border Services Agency, the Canadian Armed Forces, B.C. Ambulance, B.C. Sheriffs and firefighters joined the processions that lined Metro Vancouver streets to accompany Yang’s body, including one from Burnaby General Hospital to Surrey, and another from Surrey to Richmond.
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We need the death penalty in Canada again.
https://groups.google.com/g/van.general/c/LK6WckhB0Yk/m/RpLpNH6zBQAJ 5th in the thread I forgot to mention that on Remembrance Day I saw a White, female RCMP metal health outreach officer wearing Metal Mulisha black gloves with white bones pointed on it thought that was odd.
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https://globalnews.ca/news/9284786/man-in-court-murder-charge-bc-mountie/
https://twitter.com/scoopercooper/status/1583801251409502208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1583801251409502208%7Ctwgr%5Eef66842fa117536542cc93d3a09daf3cfc2509c2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobalnews.ca%2Fnews%2F9220327%2Fpolice-report-details-of-rcmp-constable-shaelyn-yangs-fatal-interaction-with-homeless-man%2F Somehow the officer died from one stab wound did she have the Kevlar on?
"Global News spoke with a close friend of Ham’s who said he was devastated to learn about the murder allegations. The friend said Ham was falsely accused of a sexual assault in Toronto nearly 10 years ago, and that the strain of the investigation sent him to a dark place. Ham had been in and out of jail in Vancouver over the last few years.
In February 2021, he was arrested and charged with assault and resisting an officer, after Vancouver police said a suspect made racial slurs at a person and kicked them in the face in Chinatown.
In March, Ham was arrested and again charged with assault after he allegedly made anti-Muslim comments and attacked a security guard at the Harbour Centre food court."
Wonder why it all went so wrong for Mr. Ham? He had been living in decent places but kept getting evicted for threatening neighbours with death.