B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating after a teen was killed during a confrontation with RCMP in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday.

Students at Clayton Heights Secondary, about 20 kilometres southeast of downtown Vancouver, say the teen went to school there and was in Grade 10.

John Pedersen, who lives right next to where the teen was shot, had one bullet enter his garage and ricochet off a wall during the shooting.

“Why do they have to shoot, you know? It was like 3:30-ish when it happened,” he said.

“If you can’t see that it’s a kid, you know, I mean … maybe you should go get your eyes checked.”