Police Shoot Man After Officer Wounded With Weapon in Rough Vancouver Neighbourhood

A member of the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) speaks to other investigators at the scene of a police involved shooting in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on July 30, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Police in Vancouver shot and injured a man Saturday after an officer was allegedly attacked with a weapon while on patrol in the city’s Downtown Eastside.

Const. Tania Visintin says in a statement two officers were sitting in their patrol vehicle Saturday morning when a man carrying a weapon struck one of the officers through an open window.