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ARMED SUSPECT KILLED
Chaos and courage emerge in shopping centre rampage BRENT RICHTER
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The province’s police watchdog is asking for witnesses to step forward after North Vancouver RCMP officers shot and killed a suspect following an armed robbery at the Westview Shopping Centre July 21. The civilian-led Independent Investigations Office is automatically tasked to review any incident in which a member of the public faces serious harm or death in their interactions with police. There were dozens of witnesses and cameras rolling in the busy plaza when the dramatic scene broke out just after 1 p.m. July 21. Perhaps no one had a closer view than Arman Abadi, a Good Samaritan who stepped in and wrestled a knife away from the suspect inside the McDonald’s. Abadi, a 31-year-old East Vancouver man, had stopped to get an iced tea. He realized something was wrong when he saw an erratic looking man behind the counter. “It immediately got a lot worse. He put one of the female employees in a headlock and put a knife to her throat,” Abadi said. “I wanted to help, but it was kind of a helpless situation.” Most people inside the restaurant fled but Abadi stayed Continued on A30
Arman Abadi returns to the scene where he tackled a suspect who was holding a knife to the throat of an employee at the Westview Shopping Centre on July 21. Moments later, the suspect was shot and killed by police. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN
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