West Vancouver police have been called in to determine why a standoff between Prince George RCMP and an 11-year-old boy ended with a Tasering.
The incident happened at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Thursday evening, according to a press release issued by the RCMP on Friday.
Police were called to a group home in the Tabor Lake area after a 37-year-old man was stabbed. The man was rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police found the 11-year-old boy, who allegedly stabbed the man, at a neighbouring home.
When he was coaxed from the home, police used the Taser on him.
No information was released by police about the circumstances which lead to the boy being Tasered. In a press release, Prince George RCMP Supt. Brenda Butterworth-Carr said the West Vancouver Police Department have been asked to investigate the situation.
"As per policy, with respect to [conducted energy weapon] deployment, and in order to review police response and actions, an independent investigation has been called in the matter," Butterworth-Carr said.
West Vancouver Police Department spokesman Cpl. Jag Johal could not be reached for comment. A spokeswoman for the department said investigators were on-route to Prince George on Sunday.
West Vancouver police were expected to release additional information this morning.
Residents in the Tabor Lake area reported seeing police on Giscome Road and Tabor Lake South Road on Thursday.
"A police car went by so fast you could barely see him," one Tabor Lake South Road resident said.
Residents of Tabor Lake South Road residents said Taborview Programs operates two group homes on the rural road.
According to Taborview Programs website, it is private company which offers rural group homes for youth at risk. The company is owned by Prince George entrepreneur George 'Jordy' Hoover.
"Our goal is to provide youth with a wholesome, rural environment that allows them to feel safe and gives them time to evaluate themselves and discover what they want to do with their lives," the company website says. "Taborview Programs has a long and established history of working with youth with serious challenges.
Hoover could not be reached for comment as of press time. Taborview Programs staff declined to comment.
Dave Mothus, who lives next to one of Taborview's group homes near Johnson Road, said the group homes offer troubled kids a place to get their lives on track.
"The kids are some of the roughest in the province - I've been told anyways - but in our case, because we offer them work all summer...they are very respectful," Mothus said. "Everyone in our house knows everyone in the group home. The group home has always been super helpful too, and management makes sure we are happy."
The victim of the stabbing is in good condition in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while there is no word on the condition of the suspect.
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