Warning: This story discusses intimate partner violence that may be triggering for some readers.

The Surrey-based police watchdog is not recommending changes to the Crown in connection with the 2024 police shooting death of a Surrey mom.

In the early morning hours of Sept. 19, 2024, Surrey RCMP received a call about a "disturbance" at a home in Cloverdale, in the 6200 block of 180A Street.

Police say a woman, whom family later identified as Vanessa Renteria Valencia, had locked herself in the bathroom with her daughter and was allegedly holding a pair of scissors near the child. Less than an hour later, at about 5:30 a.m., an officer shot Vanessa, who died at the scene.

Vanessa had moved to Canada from Colombia with her partner in 2022. She was an active community member and was se

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