SAANICH, B.C.—Two robbery suspects believed to be wearing body armour died in a barrage of bullets exchanged with police outside a Saanich, B.C., bank on Tuesday.
Six members of the Greater Victoria emergency response team were also hurt, three of them seriously, police said.
Saanich Chief Const. Dean Duthie said homes in the area also had to be evacuated as police investigate a potential explosive device in a vehicle related to the suspects.
“This level of violence in my service with Saanich, being just shy of 27 years, there has been nothing to this extent in my experience,” Duthie told the media outside the detachment….