British Columbia鈥檚 police watchdog says a Metro Vancouver Transit Police officer involved in a shooting in Vancouver鈥檚 Gastown neighbourhood in 2022 may have committed an offence and has asked prosecutors to consider charges.

The Independent Investigations Office says there are 鈥渞easonable grounds鈥� to believe the officer may have broken the law in relation to use of a firearm.

The office says in a news release that on the night of Nov. 28, 2022, Transit Police and Vancouver Police officers responded to a report of a man with a weapon.

It says that during the confrontation at the intersection of West Cordova and Cambie streets, a transit officer fired their service pistol and wounded a man who was taken to hospital.

The office says it has forwarded a report to the BC Prosecution Service for consideration of charges.

It says that for charges to be laid, prosecutors must believe there鈥檚 a likelihood of conviction and that taking the officer to court is in the public interest.