The suspect in an attempted shooting of a New Westminster police officer earlier this month has been charged.
This week, investigators with the New Westminster Police Department travelled to Calgary, where the suspect is in custody on unrelated charges, to execute a search warrant on the suspect’s vehicle and process it for evidence, according to a media release from the department.
With the assistance of the Surrey, Burnaby and Canmore RCMP and the Vancouver Police Department, the suspect, a 32-year-old man from Edmonton, has been charged with a laundry list of crimes, including
using a restricted or prohibited firearm, carrying, using or threaten to use a weapon, using a firearm during an offence, impersonation with intent to avoid arrest, dangerous operation of motor vehicle, flight from peace officer, and failure to stop at accident.
Steven Gordon Vollrath was arrested by RCMP on May 24 in Camrose, Alta.
Vollrath, and another person, fled the Lower Mainland after an incident on May 18 when Vollrath allegedly pointed a gun at a New Westminster police officer. The officer had been following up on reports of a couple sleeping in a car parked in a private parkade at First Street and Royal Avenue.
The suspects managed to flee the scene despite being pursued around the Lower Mainlaind by police in New Westminster, Surrey, Burnaby and Vancouver.
There’s no word on when Vollrath will appear in court. He is currently facing other unrelated charges in Calgary, and remains in custody at the Calgary Remand Centre.
