Coroner’s inquest to review death of man shot by police outside Vancouver Canadian Tire
The BC Coroners Service has set a fall date for an inquest into the demise of a person shot by police following a violent confrontation at an East Vancouver Canadian Tire.
David Peter Rintoul, 38, was shot a number of occasions by Vancouver cops within the car parking zone outdoors the shop’s Grandview Freeway location on Nov. 10, 2016.
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An inquest into his demise has been scheduled for Oct. 31 on the Burnaby Coroners’ Court docket.
The Unbiased Investigations Workplace (IIO) cleared Vancouver police of any wrongdoing in Rintoul’s demise in February 2019.
The IIO’s report discovered police have been justified in opening hearth, after Rintoul allegedly stabbed a retailer clerk within the Canadian Tire and commenced attempting to steal weapons.
In line with the report, officers confronted him outdoors the shop and tried to subdue him with a “blinding agent.”
Rintoul, who outweighed the officers, proceeded to stab certainly one of them a number of occasions, at which level officers opened hearth and killed him, the report acknowledged.
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The BC Coroners’ Service is legally required to carry an inquest into any demise that happens whereas somebody is detained or within the custody of a peace officer.
The inquest will hear from witnesses underneath oath to find out the info of how, when, the place and by what means Rintoul’s demise occurred.
A coroners jury will suggestions to stop comparable deaths sooner or later, however received’t rule on any authorized findings of accountability.
