Police in Kelowna aren't sure why Scott chose their town as the place to surrender, but said they are working with Saanich police investigators on the case.
Dorner, 33, had several weapons including an assault rifle, said police Chief Charlie Beck, who urged him to surrender at a press conference held amid heightened security in an underground room at police headquarters.
Myles Smith, who lives in one of the apartments above nearby shops, told the Associated Press by phone he had heard police appealing to someone to surrender.
"The police tried to persuade the suspects to surrender, but they fought back" with guns and pipe bombs, said Ryco Amelza Dahniel, deputy chief of the provincial police.
He told them his goal was to avenge Palestinian children and protest the French army's presence in Afghanistan, these people say he told police who were trying to secure his surrender.
But if he is released, Assange will also surrender his passport, abide by a curfew, and report to police at 6pm daily.
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Police had been informed of his arrival and his intention to surrender, it added.
Before Mr. Suljic's arrival, Italian police were tipped off to the suspect's intention to surrender, enabling them to wait for him at the airport.
He was arrested after a friend helped facilitate his surrender in the crowded parking lot of a convenience store in Bethlehem, New York, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne.
He told the group to "surrender now without conditions", a day after 12 members of the clan and two Malaysian police officers were killed in clashes.
Mr Assange must also surrender his passport, obey a curfew at an address in Suffolk, wear an electronic tag and report to a local police station every evening.
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