Surrey Mounties are investigating after a Langley RCMP officer discharged his firearm at a home in East Clayton.
At 2:30 a.m., Wednesday, Langley RCMP responded to a report of an injured woman in the 20100-block of 68 Avenue. The investigation took Langley Mounties to a home in the 19300-block of 72A Avenue.
At the residence in Surrey, Langley RCMP officers were confronted with an agitated man who allegedly produced a weapon. In response, one of the officers discharged a service firearm.
No one was injured in the shooting, but the distraught man was transported to hospital after being apprehended under the BC Mental Health Act.
The discharge of a police firearm is now being investigated by the Surrey RCMP General Investigation Unit.
The Surrey investigation is currently in the information gathering stages, with no further details available at this time.
Langley RCMP is continuing to investigate the call for service which originated in Langley.