BC’s police watchdog is on Vancouver Island after Mounties shot a man who was driving a bobcat down a residential street..The incident unfolded Tuesday night when North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP received a report of a man who “appeared impaired” while driving a track loader skid-steer through a neighbourhood.. Bobcat chaseBobcat chase .Police attended, attempting to stop the driver. This led to collisions between the loader and police cruisers..During the “interaction” that followed, RCMP says one officer fired their weapon, striking the driver..The man, identified as 31-year-old David Cochrane, was transported to a hospital for treatment of serious, life-threatening injuries..He reportedly suffered two gunshot wounds to the head..“This was my fiance and our newborn daughter’s dadv…vhe was shot at twice in the head and it didn’t need to go that way,” wrote a woman claiming to be Cochrane's fiancé on Facebook..The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC is investigating police actions.
