Officer who shot and killed Indigenous man in N.B. did not commit crime: watchdog

Officer who shot and killed Indigenous man in N.B. did not commit crime: watchdog

Serious Incident Response Team report concludes RCMP officer used ‘reasonable force’ in shooting death of Indigenous man in Elsipogtog First Nation last year

Officer who shot and killed Indigenous man in N.B. did not commit crime: watchdog - New Brunswick

New Brunswick's police watchdog says an RCMP officer did not commit a criminal offence when they shot and killed an Indigenous man in Elsipogtog First Nation last year.

Watchdog finds no grounds for charging Mountie in fatal shooting of Elsipogtog man

A police watchdog says RCMP did not act criminally when they shot Steven (Iggy) Dedam, a 34-year-old Mi'kmaw father and fisherman, in Elsipogtog First Nation last September.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick police oversight agency states that an RCMP officer did not commit any criminal offences when he shot and killed an Aboriginal man in the Elsipogtog First Nation last year. The Serious Incident Response Team reported in its April 1st report that the officer had used reasonable force against the man who held three axes in his hands and posed a threat. The report, written by Director Erin E. Nauss, states that two R…

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New Brunswick’s police watchdog says an RCMP officer did not commit a criminal offence when they shot and killed an Indigenous man in Elsipogtog First Nation last year. The Serious Incident Response Team said in its report dated April 1 that the officer had used “reasonable force” against a man who was holding three axes in his hands and was a threat. The report, written by director Erin E. Nauss, says two RCMP officers responded to a 911 call o…