FILE: 2025-210

On January 14, 2025 just after 8:30 p.m., the Port Moody Police Department received a number of 9-1-1 calls from Eagle Ridge Hospital. Callers reported a man waving a machete in a threatening manner and causing a disturbance inside the hospital’s emergency room, triggering a ‘code silver’ at the facility.

Frontline officers attended the hospital and located the suspect outside of the hospital, conducting a high-risk arrest of the man (who was taken into custody without further incident). Mental health was determined to be a factor and the suspect – a Maple Ridge man in his 20’s – was subsequently apprehended under the Mental Health Act and brought to a psychiatric facility.

“Any witnesses who have yet to speak with us are encouraged to do so” says Constable Sam Zacharias, adding that “the matter remains under investigation and we are in the process of recommending criminal charges to the B.C. Prosecution Service.”

Constable Sam Zacharias, #122
Media Relations Officer, Port Moody Police Department
(t) 604-461-3456 (f) 604-461-1734
sam.zacharias@portmoodypolice.com