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�

tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com
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