Inquest to begin in N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman during wellness check

📆 5/15/2022 4:44 PM
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Chantel Moore, a 26-year-old member of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in BC who had recently moved to New Brunswick to be closer to family, was killed on June 4, 2020. A coroner’s inquest offers a chance for her loved ones to get long-awaited answers.

Lawyer T.J. Burke says the Edmundston police department lacked the tools needed to de-escalate situations without using deadly force.

Patrick Wilbur, regional director of New Brunswick’s Public Prosecutions Services, said in a report released last June that a former boyfriend of Moore called police at 2:06 a.m. to request the wellness check as a result of his concerns over a series of messages he had received over a period of a few hours.

Prosecutors concluded the officer shot at Moore to defend or protect himself and that his actions were reasonable under the circumstances. They ruled out any criminal charges. Burke said he believes police also need to look at other approaches during wellness checks, such as the use of social workers or a mental health worker to help resolve tense situations.

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