Since Tuesday afternoon, police continue to ask people in the North Dairy Road area to Cedar Hill Cross Road, and between Richmond Road to Cedar Hill Cross Road, resorting to them as heavily armed police are looking for a possible third suspect.
Nearby homes and businesses were also evacuated due to concerns about a possible explosive device inside a car linked to one of the suspects.
Police say they are waiting for a team from the mainland BC to arrive to assess the possible explosive.
Several officers from Saanich Police, VicPD and the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT) responded to a report of armed suspects at a bank at 3600 Shelbourne Street around 11 a.m.  PDT.
When police arrived, the two armed suspects started firing at police, according to a joint statement from Saanich and Victoria police stations.
“Two suspects were shot by police and died on the spot,” police said.
No members of the public, including bank employees or customers, are believed to have been injured in the incident, police said.
Three of the six officers shot were members of the Sanic Police Department, while the other three were members of the Victoria Police Department.
“At the moment we expect some police officers to be released after emergency treatment, while other police officers suffered very serious injuries and were taken to the operating room,” said Sanic police chief Const.  Dean Duthie in a live press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
“We will provide you with further information on the situation of all officers as best we can,” he said.
“We keep their families informed and do everything we can to support them, as well as all our staff.” 
The police chief says Tuesday’s shooting was the most violent incident he can remember happening in the community in his nearly 27 years of service.
Saanich Police Respond to Bank of Montreal Incident on June 28, 2022. (CTV News)

‘I RUN FOR MY LIFE’

Witness Brenda Boyd told CTV News that she was walking near the intersection of Shelbourne and Pear streets when she heard at least 25 to 50 gunshots and saw smoke outside the Bank of Montreal around 11:30 p.m.
“But I did not count. I just went, I ran for my life,” he said.
A police officer, who was hiding behind some bushes, called her to leave the area immediately, she said.
The witness said he saw at least three people being transported in stretchers to waiting ambulances.
The Emergency Health Services of BC.  say paramedics were called to the shooting at 11:21 p.m.
Seven ambulances rushed to the scene and transported five patients to the hospital.  Doctors remained in the area “on standby” after 2 p.m.
Another witness to the shooting said he was at a nearby bicycle shop when he saw “two police officers being shot” and saw another man fall to the ground in a nearby car park. 
“It was just awful,” said Fabien Cousineau.  “They were dragging police officers behind a police van.”
All traffic was still diverted from the area to allow police vehicles and medical personnel to access the site late Tuesday afternoon.
Sanic police confirmed that several people were injured in the incident.  (CTV News)

“SHOTS WERE QUICK”

Cleo Gagner and her 15-year-old son were buying cat food at a veterinary clinic near the Bank of Montreal on Shelbourne Street when they said they heard two gunshots.
“Boom, boom,” he told CTV News minutes after the incident.  “And then there were quick shots. Multiple shots from multiple shooters.”
It was estimated that they heard 40 to 50 shots in quick succession.
“Then a Saanich police officer started driving towards the BMO with his door open,” he said.  “He gets out of his vehicle, pulls out his gun; and then the shots escalate and he moves away.”
The woman said she and her son ran back to the vet and found shelter until things calmed down outside.
Saanich Police outside the Bank of Montreal on Shelbourne Street on June 28, 2022. (Joan B. Flood / Twitter)
A BMO spokesman said the company was “deeply saddened” by the incident.
“The safety of our customers and employees is our priority and our thoughts are with everyone who is affected by today’s events,” said spokesman Jeff Roman.
“We thank the emergency responders for their quick help and for their help in keeping the public safe.”
Saanich Mayor Fred Haynes, in a brief statement on his Twitter account on Tuesday, said: “Our hearts are with the officers, the bank staff and our residents; there are no words to describe how horrible this is.” .
Leader Const.  Duthie says he is grateful that no members of the public were injured.
“From what happened and from what I described to you, and what I know about this tragic, chaotic, dramatic scene, the fact that no citizen was injured anyway is truly amazing and I am so grateful for that.” he said.  .
“Again, the officers were injured because they did what they signed, to protect the public, to respond to danger, to keep people safe.”
Duthie said the Saanich police department and law enforcement partners in neighboring jurisdictions are still ready to respond to any other calls for service and that the agency is trying to support everyone involved.
The Office of Independent Investigations of the K.K.E.  has been informed of the incident and has launched his own investigation.
The police surveillance team is called in whenever an incident involving police results in serious injury or death, regardless of whether there have been allegations of misconduct.
This is a story that unfolds.  Check again for updates.