Surrey man goes berserk, damaging six RCMP cars and later vandalizing hospital emergency room
Burnaby RCMP officers have probably never seen anything like it before.
Early this morning, a man went on a rampage in a parking lot near the Lougheed Community Police Office, ramming a stolen dark-coloured Jeep Cherokee into a marked police car.
Then he hopped into a rental truck and backed it into two other squad cars before banging into three other police vehicles, according to an RCMP news release.
As he ran away, the police arrested him.
But that wasn't the end of it.
After the Mounties took him to Burnaby General Hospital for an evaluation, he jumped out of a hospital bed and yanked on a sprinkler head, causing a gush of water into the emergency department.
That caused the hospital to close this area and divert patients to other areas.
The man was taken back to the Burnaby RCMP detachment, where he remains in custody.
The RCMP says it will recommend several charges, including mischief to property and theft of over $5,000.
According to the Mounties, the squad cars are seriously damaged.
Comments
7 Comments
dirtbagjay
Dec 8, 2013 at 11:15pm
Atta boy!
Meathead
Dec 9, 2013 at 9:59am
Someone give that guy medal! Wow, 6 squad cars squashed in 1 swoop... that's gonna be tough to beat. Shouldn't have trashed the ER, though.
458
Dec 9, 2013 at 10:02am
Tis the season to be psycho!
JUDITH HARROWER
Dec 9, 2013 at 10:25am
Where were the officers during this rampage? Did no one move the other vehicles or just stand and watch? The real damage is to the taxpayers that now have to foot the bill to replace these cruisers as it won't come out of the outpost's budget!
NextTime
Dec 9, 2013 at 11:01am
Shoot to kill. Problem solved.
MarkFornataro
Dec 9, 2013 at 1:37pm
Rob Ford was seen running from the scene.
Juan Carlos
Dec 9, 2013 at 5:19pm
Seems he forgot he wasn't playing Grand Theft Auto V anymore and had actually wandered out into the real world...