VANCOUVER - No charges will be laid against any police officers involved in the death of a man who shot three people and had many more on his hit list.
The shootout involving Angus Mitchell came hours after Burnaby Mounties issued a warning about the man, saying he was the suspect in a double murder in a restaurant and the attempted murder of his landlord.
Vancouver Police took over the investigation after the shooting and the department's Const. Brian Montague says their investigation concluded officers were right to use deadly force.
Montague says since shots were fired at officers first, as seen in a video of the incident that was shot from a police helicopter, so police were not wrong in shooting back.
After Mitchell's death, RCMP revealed the man had a hit list targeting people, businesses and institutions in the Lower Mainland -- including two schools and a group home.
A report will not be sent to Crown counsel and a coroner's inquest around the fatal shooting will be held Nov. 5.
