B.C.’s police watchdog says an officer was justified and “bound by his duty” when he shot and killed a man armed with a knife who stabbed an employee at a Vancouver convenience store last December.

A report from the Independent Investigations Office says another officer first tried to subdue the man using a stun gun while the attacker had two staff members trapped behind the counter of the 7-Eleven store on the corner of Robson and Hamilton streets.

When that didn’t work, the report says, the second officer fired four shots at the man, who then made “stabbing motions” at the staff members, and five more rounds were fired.

The report says one of the staff members was struck in the face by a bullet fragment, injuring her left eye and requiring surgery, while the other was treated for knif

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