METRO VANCOUVER -- An investigation is underway after a police shooting in Surrey late Thursday, according to B.C.’s police oversight body.

The incident began when a member of B.C.’s anti-gang unit checked a vehicle at 108 Avenue and 148 Street just before 5:30 p.m., according to Ralph Krenz, a spokesman at the Independent Investigations Office of B.C.

At some point during the stop, the officer fired his gun into the vehicle, Krenz said in a press release.

The gunfire hit an occupant, who was later taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.

The identity of the victim has not been released, nor has their gender.

Mounties and B.C.’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit are mum on the events that led the shooting and referred all questions to the IIO.

The office is called in whenever police are involved in an incident that results in death or serious harm.

Krenz said IIO personnel would be on the scene for several hours as they begin to unravel what happened.

mattrobinson@postmedia.com

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