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RCMP Officer Killed in BC

Officer stabbed working in homeless camp

Tragedy for the RCMP in Burnaby, BC.

Canada's police force says 31-year old Constable Shaelyn Yang was stabbed to death Tuesday while working at a homeless campsite.

Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says she had been an officer since 2019 and worked with a mental health and homeless outreach initiative.

She was stabbed during ``an altercation'' while she partnered with a city employee. 

The suspect was shot and is in hospital.

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