BC Police Officers Recovering After Bank Shootout Overwhelmed by Support

Saanich Police joined by Victoria Police and RCMP respond after a shootout outside a Bank of Montreal where two suspects were killed and six officers were injured in Saanich, B.C., on June 28, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

An officer who was injured in a deadly shootout outside a bank in Saanich, B.C., last week remains in intensive care after three surgeries.

Saanich Chief Const. Dean Duthie told a news conference that the officer, who has eight years of service with the department, has been showing signs of “improvement day by day.”