Canadian border guard shot at Washington state crossing
4,091 views · Published 18 November 2012 · 0:29 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics
A female Canadian border officer was critically injured after being shot in the neck at a border crossing by a gunman who then killed himself. The incident happened around 2pm on Tuesday at the Peace Arch crossing between Washington state and British Columbia on the main highway between Seattle and Vancouver, the third-busiest border crossing between the US and Canada. The gunman was driving alone in a van with Washington state license plates. He apparently turned the gun on himself after shooting the border guard in her booth. The officer was breathing when she was airlifted to Royal Columbian Hospital.
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