B.C. police watchdog investigating after man shot with less-lethal round on Okanagan beach

Mounties in British Columbia say they have notified the province's independent police oversight agency after an officer shot a man in Penticton with a less-lethal round, causing "a possible serious injury."

Mounties in British Columbia say they have notified the province's independent police oversight agency after an officer shot a man in Penticton with a less-lethal round, causing "a possible serious injury."

The incident happened shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, when police received a 911 call about a person being stabbed on a beach at the north end of Skaha Lake.

The caller reportedly said the armed suspect was coming towards him before the call cut off, the RCMP said in a statement Tuesday.

While officers were on scene looking for the victim, the same person reportedly called 911 again, saying the suspect was near the beach washrooms.

The officers went to the washrooms and found "a man with his face covered," B.C. RCMP communications director Dawn Roberts said in the statement.

"The man refused to comply with police directions, and a less-lethal use of force 40-mm ballistic round was deployed, which struck the man."

The man was arrested and taken to hospital for treatment of what the RCMP described as a "possible serious injury."