This is a list of people whose deaths were caused by, or in relation to an interaction with non-military law enforcement officers in Canada. The list includes deaths caused by officers both on and off duty, and does not discriminate by method or motivation.
This list is incomplete; there are no official statistics on fatal shootings by law enforcement officers in Canada, though the range had previously been estimated to be between 15 and 25 per year.[1] [2] In 2018, The CBC published "Deadly Force", an investigative report described as "the first country-wide database of every person who died or was killed during a police intervention", which documented 461 fatal police encounters in Canada between 2000 and 2017, suggesting the average is closer to 26 people a year. "Deadly Force" also recorded an increasing average yearly number of police-involved deaths over time.[3] At the moment, Statistics Canada only tracks fatal police shootings if the officer involved is criminally charged.[4]
| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Province or Territory City | Police Force | Description of Incident | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900-05-21 | Two unknown men | Ontario (Berlin) | Two workmen were killed by police with sabres during a workers' strike. Fifty other people were injured and 103 arrests made.[5] | ||
| c. 1928 | McKee, Carl "Gunner" | Manitoba (Winnipeg) | McKee was killed by Det. Sgt. Charles McIver after shooting McIver while being arrested for a string of drug store robberies.[6] The Winnipeg Evening Tribune later reported that McIver had been given a medal for his bravery facing McKee.[7] | ||
| 1932-02-17 | Albert Johnson | Yukon (Eagle River) | The true identity of Johnson has never been established. He shot a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and, after an extended manhunt across the Northwest Territories and Yukon, was killed in a shootout with police on the Eagle River, Yukon.[8] | ||
| 1936-05-23 | Norman Ryan (41) | Ontario (Sarnia) | Sarnia Police Service | Ryan, a Toronto gangster known to have killed six people was shot and killed by Sarnia police in a gunfight at a liquor store that also killed Constable Jack Lewis.[9] [10] | |
| 1944-04-04 | Silver, Martin | Manitoba (Winnipeg) | Winnipeg Police Service | Silver, a career criminal with arrests in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto, was suspected of involvement in at least 60 burglaries in Winnipeg. During one burglary, he shot Sgt. Major E. Sewell and Dtv. James Ayres. Fleeing by car, he was eventually cornered on foot at a nursing home by Cst. Alex Jamieson. Silver threatened Jamieson with his gun, leading to a shootout where Silver fired four shots and Jamieson returned five. The final shot from Jamieson struck Silver in the chest, killing him.[11] [12] | |
| 1953-11-29 | Belfon, Garfield (14) | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Cst. Edwinn George Barkley shot Belfon in a College Street building's basement, where Belfon was hiding with friends. Belfon died from a neck wound en route to the hospital. During Barkley's manslaughter trial, he claimed the shooting was accidental, caused by a falling box. However, Frank Fuss, one of Belfon's friends present, disputed this account, stating the basement was lit and no box fell on Barkley[13] [14] | |
| 1957-12-03 | Gallaway, John (81) | Ontario (Toronto) | Retired Saskatchewan public school inspector struck and killed by a police car driven by Insp. Howard Cramp.[15] | ||
| 1965-03-01 (circa) | Nicholls, Richard George (24) | Ontario (Windsor) | Shot and killed by Const. Craig Robinson, after taking part in a burglary on a pharmacy.[16] | ||
| 1965-07-11 | Drake, Ronald Gordon (23) | Ontario (London) | London Police Service | Drake was shot and killed by Const. Brian Potsans after stealing sweaters from a menswear shop.[17] | |
| 1967-03-03 | Levasseur, Antoine (25) | Quebec (Ste-Véronique) | Levasseur was shot and killed by police after reportedly committing a robbery on a credit union. He had recently escaped from a jail in Montmagny.[18] | ||
| 1967-09-16 | Proietti, Monica (27) | Quebec (Montreal) | Proietti, a bank robber better known as "Machine Gun Molly", was shot by police following a high speed chase.[19] | ||
| 1967-10-20 | Murdock, Richard (30) | Quebec (Montreal) | Murdock was shot and killed by Const. Michel Brosseau after being involved in a standoff with police in which he was armed with a machine gun.[20] | ||
| 1969 | Unknown (19) | Saskatchewan (Regina) | A teenager was shot and killed by Regina police during a stake-out. | ||
| 1970-07-03 | Kinghorn, Edgar (19) | Quebec (Laflèche, Quebec) | Lafleche Police | Police arrived on the scene after Kinghorn, who did not seem to be in a stable mental state and declared himself to be Jesus Christ, refused to pay for a pack of cigarettes at a gas station. He carried a long sabre which he swung at police before being shot in the head by Const. Jean Marc Legros. A coroner's inquest determined that the officer acted in self-defence but that police should be given better marksman training. The officer had been trained to aim for the legs but testified that his firearms training had only been 90 minutes long.[21] | |
| 1970-12-12 | Spencer, Roy | British Columbia (Prince George) | RCMP | Spencer, the father of NHL player Brian Spencer, was shot and killed by police after he held up CKPG Radio/TV, angry that they were not airing his son's game.[22] | |
| 1972 | Unknown | British Columbia (Vancouver) | An officer's gun went off while he was struggling to arrest a suspect. The officer was charged with manslaughter, but the charge was dismissed against him in a preliminary inquiry.[23] | ||
| 1974-12-20 | Gagnon, Phillip Laurier (26) | Alberta (Calgary) | Calgary Police Service | Gagnon, during a siege, fired hundreds of rounds at police, killing Dtv. Boyd Davidson and wounding others. The standoff ended when police, with assistance from CFB Calgary, used an armoured personnel carrier to demolish Gagnon's hideout. Gagnon was then shot and killed by police.[24] [25] | |
| 1975 | Unknown | British Columbia (Vancouver) | An officer's shot and killed a suspect during a struggle to arrest a suspect. The officer was charged with second-degree murder, but the officer was acquitted at trial. | ||
| 1975-01-24 | Blass, Richard | Quebec (Montreal) | Blass, a Montreal gangster, was shot by police when he approached them holding what appeared to be a gun. Some sources said that it was actually a black sock.[26] | ||
| 1975-04-28 | Lajoie, Michel (33) | Quebec (Shawinigan) | Lajoie was shot and killed by police during a robbery at a Banque Canadienne Nationale.[27] | ||
| 1975-04-28 | Giroux, Albery (22) | Quebec (Shawinigan) | Giroux was shot and killed by police during a robbery at a Banque Canadienne Nationale. | ||
| 1975-04-28 | Essiambre, Donat (54) | Quebec (Shawinigan) | Essiambre was shot and killed by police during a robbery at a Banque Canadienne Nationale. | ||
| 1975-07-27 | Rose, Donald Wayne (29) | Alberta (Edmonton) | Edmonton Police Service | Rose was shot and killed by Const. Gary Tkachuk outside his home after he did not follow orders to drop his gun. The police were investigating a liquor store robbery. Police reported Rose had previously expressed a wish "to commit suicide and [use] the police department to do it."[28] | |
| 1976-01-11 | Savoy, Francis Joseph | Ontario (Toronto) | Savoy was shot and killed by police after taking a hostage.[29] | ||
| 1976-05-15 | Slawvey, John (38) | Quebec (Montreal) | MUC Police | Slawvey, who was a suspect in the Brink's bank robbery of March 30, 1976, was shot and killed by Det. Sgt. Andre Savard and four other policemen in an apartment building in Montreal's west end.[30] [31] | |
| 1976-05-27 | Tremblay, Marcel (49) | Quebec (near Quebec City) | Sûreté du Québec | Tremblay, a suspect in a "holdup conspiracy" police were tipped off to, was shot and killed alongside Clement Parent after they allegedly opened fire at police.[32] | |
| 1976-05-27 | Parent, Clement (23) | Quebec (near Quebec City) | Sûreté du Québec | Parent, a suspect in a "holdup conspiracy" police were tipped off to, was shot and killed alongside Marcel Tremblay after they allegedly opened fire at police. | |
| 1976-08-28 | Holmes, Rosaire Armand (27) | Alberta (Grande Prairie) | RCMP | Holmes, who was drunk at the time, was shot and killed by police after firing at passersby from his home, killing one person and injuring others.[33] | |
| 1976-09-16 | Blanchet, Gerard (23) | Quebec (Montreal) | MUC Police | Blanchet was killed after his car collided with a police car responding to a call.[34] | |
| 1977-08-15 | Misztal, Alexander (51) | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Misztal was shot and killed by Const. Christopher Bailey after brandishing a toy gun at him.[35] | |
| 1978-08-07 | Nattinen, Hans (66) | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Nattinen, a Finnish immigrant, was shot and killed by the Emergency Task Force after reportedly pointing a gun, which was later found to be unloaded, at them. Police had come to his building after receiving a call "in clear English" that hostages had been taken. Nattinen's sister later questioned whether her brother, who spoke with an accent, had made the call and whether he understood what was happening, as he was extremely intoxicated when he died. An inquest found that the officer had acted in self-defence.[36] | |
| 1978-08-08 | Evans, Andrew "Buddy" (24) | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Evans, a Black man originally from East Preston, NS, was shot and killed by Const. John Clark at a discotheque, after he allegedly hit Clark with the officer's own nightstick.[37] His death sparked protests in Toronto.[38] The ambulance dispatcher who responded to Evans' death was later demoted after transcripts revealed him referring to Evans by a racial slur and saying "he won't be missed".[39] Clark was cleared of any wrongdoing by an inquest.[40] | |
| 1978-08-22 | Reid, Paul (16) | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Reid, was shot and killed by Toronto police after holding a 15-year-old girl hostage for 7 hours. He had recently escaped from the Brampton Adult Training Centre, which his father criticized in the press for allowing him to "just walk away".[41] | |
| 1978-11-11 | Wawryniuk, Michael (73) | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Wawryniuk, who had a history of mental health issues known to the police, was shot and killed by Const. David Keates after he lunged at him with kitchen knives. An inquest found that Keates acted in self-defence.[42] | |
| 1979-05-08 | Elie, William (23) | Ontario (Scarborough) | Elie was shot and killed by police in a LCBO parking lot. He was holding what was later revealed to be a toy gun, which he pointed at officers. He matched the description of a man who had reportedly threatened someone with a gun earlier that day. A jury found that the police had "no alterative" but to shoot Elie. The entire incident last between 5 and 10 seconds. | ||
| 1979-06-11 | Torcato, Aquilino | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Torcato, a Portuguese immigrant, father of two and owner of an auto shop with a history of alcoholism was shot and killed by Const. Clark of the Emergency Task Force.[43] Police were called to the neighbourhood because of a disturbance. After a shot was fired by Torcato, who was drunk at the time, from inside his house a long standoff ensued. Eventually police entered the house and found Torcato with a gun which he pointed at Clark, who shot and killed him. An inquest found that Clark acted in self-defence | |
| 1979-08-26 | Johnson, Albert (35) | Ontario (Toronto) | Toronto Police Service | Johnson, a Jamaican immigrant who suffered from mental illness, was shot and killed by police in his home in front of his young daughter. His death sparked protests in the Greater Toronto Area.[44] Two officers were charged with manslaughter but eventually acquitted.[45] [46] | |
| 1979-08-30 | Enns, Lyle Dean (18) | Manitoba (Sidney) | RCMP | Enns was shot and killed at his family's farm by Const. Wiley Grimm, after he reportedly killed a police dog which was set loose on him.[47] The case attracted some attention in the press and was discussed in the Manitoba Legislature.[48] [49] |
| Date | Name (age) of deceased | Province or Territory City | Police Force | Description of Incident | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-07-27 | Hollett, Albert (36) | Nova Scotia (Dartmouth) | Hollett died after an altercation with two police officers on the bridge between Halifax and Dartmouth. Both officers were charged with second-degree murder: one was acquitted and the other was convicted of manslaughter.[50] | ||
| 1984 | (38) | Saskatchewan (Regina) | A man armed with a gun who wrote a suicide note before confronting Regina police was shot and killed.[51] | ||
| 1987-11-11 | Griffin, Anthony | Quebec (Montreal) | Griffin was shot by Constable Allan Gosset while fleeing.[52] In February 1988 Gosset was found not guilty of manslaughter. | ||
| 1988-03-09 | Harper, J.J. | Manitoba (Winnipeg) | During an altercation between police and Harper, Constable Robert Cross shot and killed Harper. It was initially ruled an accident; however, a strong public outcry lead to an inquiry (the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry). The inquiry eventually concluded that Cross had used excessive force in the fatal confrontation.[53] | ||
| 1988-06-30 | Coghlan, Greg (23) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | Vancouver Police Department | Coghlan was in crisis following his cousin's suicide a few months earlier. Before he was shot and killed by police he threatened to stab himself with a butcher knife while drunk. When police arrived on the scene they told him to freeze, and Coghlan put his arms above his head, but then stumbled due to his intoxication and was shot.[54] The coroner's inquest called his death a "victim-precipitated homicide". | |
| 1988-07-19 | Deiana, Mario (44) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | Vancouver Police Department | Deiana was shot and killed by Const. Nigel Myatt at a rooming house while wielding a butcher knife after stabbing a 65-year-old caretaker to death.[55] Deiana had been discharged from psychiatric care the day before. The coroner's jury investigating his death recommended that police adopt pepper spray as an alternative to firearms.[56] | |
| 1988-08-09 | Donaldson, Lester (44) | Ontario (Toronto) | Donaldson suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and threatened officers with a knife. | ||
| 1988-08-26 | Post, Thomas Maxwell (37) | Ontario (Toronto) | York Regional Police | Post was shot and killed by police after a 4.5 hour standoff in which he took his girlfriend hostage with a knife and stabbed a police officer.[57] Police also used tear gas prior to shooting him. The jury at the inquest found that the police showed "calm and restraint" and commended their actions.[58] | |
| 1988-12-08 | Lawson, Michael Wade (17) | Ontario (Mississauga) | Lawson was shot by two police officers when he tried to drive a stolen car into officers. Two police officers were charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault, and were found not guilty in April 1992.[59] | ||
| 1988-12-31 | Cholette, Joseph Ronald Paul (38) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | Vancouver Police Department | Cholette was shot and killed by Const. Skip McLean during a suspected robbery at a motel liquor store after he shot Const. Les Yeo.[60] He had recently escaped from the minimum-security Ferndale Institution.[61] The jury at the coroner's inquest determined that the officers had acted "legally and prudently" and commended them for their actions. | |
| 1989 | Unknown male | British Columbia (Vancouver) | An officer's firearm went off during the pursuit of a suspect. The officer was charged with "careless use of a firearm", but the officer was acquitted at trial. | ||
| 1990-04-09 | Leslie, Presley (25) | Quebec (Montreal) | Leslie, a Jamaican immigrant, was shot by an officer after police came to the Thunderdome disco in downtown Montreal to respond to a brawl that took place there. Witnesses said Presley had a gun in his hand.[62] | ||
| 1990-05-22 | Henry, Stanley Samuel (34) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | Vancouver Police Department | Henry was struck and killed by police car driven by Const. Len Nuttall responding to an emergency call with lights but no sirens. In response to the incident a police Sergeant stated that sirens were sometimes left off "so as not to alert people (suspects) a police car is coming."[63] | |
| 1990-10-25 | McKinnon, Paul (14) | Quebec (Montreal) | SPVM | In 1990, 14-year-old Paul McKinnon was struck and killed by a speeding police cruiser driven by Const. Serge Markovic. He was crossing the street to catch his bus home after school when Markovic ran a red light while responding to a call involving a possibly suicidal man.[64] He was driving between 90 – 122 km/h in a 50 km/h zone with lights but no sirens. Markovic ran red lights at an Institute for the Blind as well as a high school and university crossing.[65] Markovic's role in McKinnon's death was covered in the CBC podcast "Sorry About the Kid" which was hosted by the victim's brother Alex McKinnon.[66] | |
| 1991 | Gardner, Vincent | Ontario (Nepean) | Gardner was shot by Constable John Monette during a botched drug raid. Monette was charged with manslaughter but found not guilty of the charge. Nepean police said Monette mistook Gardner's guitar for a gun. | ||
| 1991-01-02 | Hodgins, Kenneth Frederick (37) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | Vancouver Police Department | Hodgins was shot and killed by Const. Edward Eviston after he pointed a gun in his direction.[67] His death was later cited in the press as an example of the police's need for semiautomatic weapons.[68] | |
| 1991-07-03 | François, Marcellus (24) | Quebec (Montreal) | Francois, mistaken for an attempted murder suspect, was shot by a SWAT team sergeant while driving a Pontiac after leaving a surveilled apartment. Officers reportedly used racial slurs over the radio.[69] Francois did not match the suspect's description, differing in height, build, and hairstyle.[70] | ||
| 1992-05-02 | Lawrence, Raymond (22) | Ontario | Suspected of being a drug dealer, Jamaican immigrant Lawrence was shot by police while reportedly brandishing a knife after a chase.[71] | ||
| 1992-05-02 | Posse, Daniel (22) | British Columbia (West Vancouver) | A West Vancouver police officer shot and killed Daniel Possee during a cannabis raid which netted an ounce. Posse had been holding a pellet gun when officers entered without identifying themselves. The officer's name was never released.[72] [73] | ||
| 1992-03-23 | Rioux, John (37) | Ontario (Chatham) | Rioux died after struggling with three officers who followed him home when he refused to stop after being caught speeding. Police said Rioux threatened officers with a sledgehammer when they tried to arrest him. Constable Ron Trick was charged with manslaughter and was found guilty. He was later acquitted on appeal. | ||
| 1992-08-09 | Sabatino, Dominic (32) | Ontario (Toronto) | Sabatino, who suffered from schizophrenia, was shot after threatening an officer with a baseball bat. | ||
| 1992-11-07 | Carruthers, Cameron A. (19) | Ontario (Chatham) | Cameron Carruthers was shot and killed as he lunged at two Chatham police officers called to a house break-in near Chatham's Public General Hospital in the middle of the night. He was stabbing himself with a kitchen knife when police arrived at the house. Carruthers had broken into the home shortly after he walked out of the PGH psychiatric ward. He was there voluntarily but didn't officially discharge himself, according to a statement released by Ontario's Special Investigations Unit. The SIU's investigation found that officers involved acted in a "professional and necessary manner". | ||
| 1993-01-01 | Kelly, Trevor | Quebec (Montreal) | Shot in the back near his apartment on Mountain Sights Avenue after police tried to arrest him for threatening them; police said he brandished a potato knife. After an SQ investigation, Station 31 officers Richard Massé and Sylvain Benoît were exonerated.[74] | ||
| 1993-01-21 | McDonald, Alexander (26) | Saskatchewan (Regina) | Shot by police after brandishing a knife.[75] | ||
| 1993-04-20 | Coley, Ian Clifford (21) | Ontario | Shot by two officers in a car that was under surveillance as part of an operation against illegal firearms.[76] | ||
| 1993-12-14 | Barnabé, Richard | Quebec (Montreal) | Beaten into a coma in his cell at Station 44 while supposedly resisting a search. Barnabé, a taxi driver, was distraught that evening and wanted to speak to someone. He arrived at a church on Rue Sauriol and when no one answered, he broke a window of the church, apparently in frustration at being denied visiting rights to see his son during the Christmas holidays. He led police on a car chase through the suburbs until he was arrested outside the home of his brother, himself a Montreal policeman. He had been arrested for breaking the church window. He died in hospital May 2, 1996, never having regained consciousness. The result: After an SQ investigation, criminal charges were brought against several officers; in 1995, one was acquitted and four others - Pierre Bergeron, André Lapointe and Michel Vadeboncoeur, all of Station 44, and Louis Samson, of Station 1, were sentenced to jail terms to be served on weekends or community service. | ||
| 1993-12-24 | Michele, Robert Thomas (31) | British Columbia (Lillooet) | RCMP | Michele crashed during a pursuit. He was shot once by an officer as he advanced towards police carrying a rifle.[77] | |
| 1994-09-29 | Moses, Albert (41) | Ontario (Toronto) | Moses, who had a history of mental illness, was shot after attacking an officer with a hammer.[78] | ||
| 1995-03-06 | Romanelli, Paolo (23) | Quebec (Montreal) | Romanelli, an emotionally disturbed man, was shot twice, in the back and chest, after stabbing an officer who'd come to his door on Viau St., answering a 911 call. The shooting followed a standoff in which Romanelli barricaded himself in his home. After two SQ investigations and an inquest, Mario Boucher, Robert Gagnon, and three other Station 54 officers were exonerated. | ||
| 1995-03-31 | Piche, Floyd (28) | Saskatchewan (Prince Albert) | Piche brandished a knife near an officer and was shot.[79] | ||
| 1995-05-31 | Suazo, Martin Omar | Quebec (Montreal) | Shot in the head while kneeling to be handcuffed on St. Laurent Boulevard. Suazo had been picked up on suspicion of shoplifting a pair of jeans. The officer said his gun went off by accident. A police ethics commission investigation finds Station 33 officer Michel Garneau guilty of improper use of a firearm and suspends him for 45 days. A coroner concluded the death was accidental. Suazo's mother obtained a $3,000 out-of-court settlement. Lt. Pablo Palacios (also involved in the Marcellus François affair in 1991) is accused of covering up evidence, but is exonerated in 2004. | ||
| 1995-06-26 | Ferraro, Philippe | Quebec (Rivière-des-Prairies) | Shot in the stomach with three rubber bullets, after barricading himself in his Rivière-des-Prairies house during a family dispute. After an SQ probe, SWAT team officer Michael Wilson was exonerated. | ||
| 1995-09-07 | O'brien George, Anthony "Dudley" | Ontario (Strathroy) | Shot and killed by Acting Ontario Provincial Police Sergeatnt Kenneth Deane in Sept. 1995 while peacefully protesting against the slow progress in resolving a land claim concerning the 1942 take over of Stony Point First Nation reserve and another land claim involving the Ipperwash Provincial Park. Kenneth Deane was eventually convicted of "Criminal negligence causing death" but served no jail time. The Ipperwash Inquiry called after the Mike Harris Progressive Conservatives were beaten by the McGuinty Liberals ended over a decade later. [80] | ||
| 1996 | Suleman, Faraz (16) | Ontario (Toronto) | Suleman was shot after a car chase as police tried to arrest him on robbery charges relating to a carjacking. Detective Robert Wiche was charged with manslaughter but the charge was later dismissed at a preliminary court hearing. | ||
| 1996-01-10 | Barnett, Tommy Anthony (22) | Ontario (Toronto) | Barnett was shot while wielding a sword. | ||
| 1996-01-28 | Cyr, Denise (20) | Saskatchewan (Regina) | Stole two handguns and fired at the owner. After police arrived on scene, she returned and fired another round. Police officers returned fire.[81] | ||
| 1996-03-02 | Benteau, Nicholas | Newfoundland (Point May) | Benteau was shot by an RCMP officer during a domestic disturbance.[82] | ||
| 1996-03-14 | Bramwell, Andrew | Ontario (Toronto) | shot to death by constable Andy Kis in the Jane and Finch area. The officer fired three bullets into Andrew's lower back and one in the back of one of his thighs. An unfired Glock pistol was recovered from the scene. Officer cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the SIU. | ||
| 1996-06-11 | Williams, Wayne (24) | Ontario (Toronto) | Williams suffered from schizophrenia. He approached officers holding a knife. | ||
| 1997 | Dawson, Hugh | Ontario (Toronto) | Was shot nine times after he reversed his car into a family of five in order to escape police. | ||
| 1997-02-20 | Wai-Hong Yu, Edmond | Ontario (Toronto) | Yu was shot by a police officer after wielding a small hammer on a bus. | ||
| 1998 | Romagnuolo, Tony | Ontario (Toronto) | A fight broke out between the Romangulo family and the police after they were attempting to arrest one of Tony's sons for criminal threats. Officer Martin claimed that the father and one of the suspect's brothers, Rocco, were attempting to gain control of his gun. He then fired his sidearm at both of them. | ||
| 1998-09-07 | Timmers, Harley (23) | Yukon (Whitehorse) | Harley Timmers, a carjacking suspect, put an officer in a chokehold, and the officer shot the suspect. Timmers would die two days later in a Vancouver hospital. | ||
| 1998-09-10 | Engdahl, Josh (16) | Saskatchewan (Regina) | Engdahl had a knife in his hands and was shot by Regina police. | ||
| 1999-12-31 | Musaka, Henry (26) | Ontario (Toronto) | Musaka, carrying a sick infant and armed with a pellet gun, was shot after he took a doctor hostage in a Toronto emergency room.[83] | ||
| 1999-12-31 | Varley, Darren (26) | Alberta (Pincher Creek) | RCMP | During booking at the police station, Varley removed Ferguson's bulletproof vest, accessing his pistol. In the ensuing struggle, Ferguson fired twice, grazing Varley's abdomen and piercing his skull. Varley died after being airlifted to Calgary. Ferguson was convicted of manslaughter and ultimately served four years in prison, following two years of house arrest during the trial.[84] |
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| 2000-04-11 | Alphonse, Paulsey "Paul" (67) | British Columbia (Williams Lake) | RCMP | Alphonse was a Secwepemc man who was beaten by RCMP officers and later died of his injuries, including broken ribs, a head injury and a boot print on his chest in hospital.[85] [86] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-07-29 | Graham, Mark Norman (38) | Ontario (Bradford) | South Simcoe Police Service | South Simcoe police believed Graham may have been connected to a shooting outside a tavern and pursued him. He was shot when he reached into his coat for what was later shown to be a sawed-off rifle. His shooting occurred in front of many witnesses at a crowded Tim Hortons.[87] The officers were later cleared of any wrongdoing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-08-09 | Vass, Otto (55) | Ontario (Toronto) | Otto Vass was a father of five who suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Four TPS constables in Parkdale beat him to death after he punched one of them.[88] His death was attributed to cardiac arrest due to acute mania and "excited delirium", a condition not recognized by the AMA, APA or WHO. Four Toronto police constables, Robert Lemaitre, Phillip Duncan, Nam Le and Filippo Bevilacqua, were charged with manslaughter, and were all found not guilty of the charge.[89] The story of his death was later made into a play called Out the Window, by witness Liza Balkan.[90] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-08-21 | Cujko, Mladen (33) | British Columbia | Cujko was in distress when police arrived, reportedly "running into traffic and jumping into a woman's car". Cujko was put in the back of an RCMP police cruiser and was to be taken for psychiatric evaluation. When Cujko kicked the back window of a police car he was subdued by police and paramedics, lost consciousness shortly after being handcuffed and died, despite paramedics administering CPR. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-08-26 | Reid, Norman (44) | Newfoundland (Little Catalina) | RCMP | Reid was shot in his yard when he rushed towards an officer with an axe after threatening to kill him.[91] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-10-16 | Power, Daryl (23) | Newfoundland (Corner Brook) | RCMP | Power was shot while armed and acting aggressively, outside his mother's home. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000-10-22 | Berg, Jeffrey Michael (37) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | Officer used force against Berg while arresting him following a home invasion; Berg died in hospital two days later due to his injuries. The officer was acquitted of abuse of authority in the incident.[92] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001-05-20 | McMillan, Keldon | Saskatchewan (Saskatoon) | RCMP | RCMP officers responded to a domestic dispute at McMillan's house. He got into his truck and initiated a vehicle pursuit. The pursuit ended in Wakaw, where shots were exchanged between officers and McMillan. One K9 dog was killed in the incident.[93] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001-07-10 | Crowe, Vernon (32) | Saskatchewan (Regina) | Regina Police Service | Vernon Crowe, an Indigenous man, was eating at a soup kitchen when he had an epileptic seizure. While treating him in an ambulance, a paramedic stated that he became combative and placed two calls to the Regina Police Service to help restrain Crowe. Police arrived and, after being bitten and headbutted, pepper strayed Crowe who was then sedated and handcuffed face-down on a stretcher. Moments later, as Crowe stopped struggling, the handcuffs were removed and he was found to have died.[94] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002-03-11 | Lamer, Daniel (37) | Ontario | Ontario Provincial Police | Daniel Lamer was shot and killed after he shot at OPP officers during a traffic stop. Both Lamer and his passenger were members of the Hells Angels, and are suspected to have been travelling to kill members of the rival Bandidos gang.[95] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002-06-23 | Blentzas, Nicholas | Ontario (Toronto) | Blentzas began to experience mental distress after the death of his sister.[96] He was locked out of his apartment, bludgeoning the door with a fire extinguisher. Upon their arrival, he informed police that he was being treated for a psychiatric illness. When he began to behave erratically. Blentzas was restrained and pepper sprayed. His death was ruled to be the result of "excited delirium," a condition that is not recognized by the WHO. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002-12-07 | Stevenson, Thomas (46) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | After police officers pointed weapons at him in a stolen car, Thomas Stevenson locked the doors. He was shot six times by two Vancouver Police Department officers after they believed he was drawing a gun, which turned out to be a plastic toy. An internal investigation found no misconduct but it later emerged in the Coroner's Inquiry that " the internal investigators had never interviewed Sgt. Clive Milligan or Const. Darren Foster, the two officers who fired at Mr. Stevenson, or any of the police officers who attended the scene."[97] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003-02-28 | Moon, Lorraine (40) | British Columbia (Alert Bay) | Moon, an Indigenous woman, was shot and killed by an RCMP officer at her home in a small Whe-la-la-U community. She allegedly refused to put the knife she was holding down. Her nine-year-old daughter was home at the time of the incident.[98] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003-07-14 | Tabesh, Keyvan (18) | British Columbia (Port Moody) | Keyvan Tabesh, an Iranian teen, had been driving around the city behaving erratically and wielding a machete in a threatening manner. After a police vehicle blocked his car in a cul-de-sac, Tabesh and one other occupant exited the vehicle and ran towards the responding officer. Tabesh was holding what the officer perceived to be a wood-handled weapon of an unknown type and was shot and killed.[99] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-01-10 | Bellon, Antonio (63) | Ontario (Toronto) | Bellon shot and wounded an officer with a shotgun. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-05-24 | Reodica, Jeffrey (17) | Ontario (Toronto) | The 17-year-old was among a group of teens that was chasing another group on May 21, 2004, before being shot by a plainclothes police officer who arrived in an unmarked car.[100] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Ontario (Toronto) | Person shot by police. SIU investigations deemed action justified. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-06-13 | O'brien, Christopher-Reid | Ontario (Toronto) | Reid shot by police. SIU investigations deemed action justified.[101] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-08-25 | Brookes, Sugstan Anthony (45) | Ontario (Toronto) | After firing at his wife and missing, Brookes grabbed 20-year-old Regis and held her hostage at Union Station. After negotiations stalled, he was shot by a police sniper.[102] [103] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-12-26 | Chenery, Gerald (29) | British Columbia (Vancouver) | Vancouver Police Service | Vancouver police officers fatally shot Mr. Chenery in response to him pulling a knife and lunging towards them.[104] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004-12-31 | (17) | Ontario (Toronto) | 17-year-old shot by police. SIU investigations deemed action justified.[105] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | St. Arnaud, Kevin | British Columbia (Vanderhoof) | Shot three times after a pursuit. An officer claimed that he fell down and shot at St. Arnaud three times as he was advancing on him. However, other witnesses, including the officer's partner, stated that he stood up and fired. St. Arnaud was not armed at the time of the incident. Officer was not charged as he was cleared in an investigation by internal affairs.[106] |-|2005-01-31|Dumas, Matthew (18) |Manitoba (Winnipeg)||Matthew Dumas was shot by a policeman while carrying a screwdriver, in which the police interpreted as being a lethal weapon.[107] |-|2005-05-27|Lauzon, Ucal|Ontario (Toronto)||Murder suspect Ucal Lauzon was shot by police after brandishing a knife towards them.[108] |-|2005-10-18|Black, Jeffrey (21)|Ontario (Markham)|York Regional Police|Black was shot and killed by York Regional Police, who were responding to a call regarding a break-in. He attempted to stab police officers with a knife and police pepper sprayed him before shooting him twice in the abdomen. During the incident Black dared the officer to shoot him. The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing by the SIU.[109] Black had previously been incarcerated as a juvenile.[110] |-|2005-10-29|Bush, Ian|British Columbia (Houston)|RCMP|Ian Bush was shot by a police officer after punching and attempting to choke him.|-|2005-11-05|Steacy, Jason (20)|Ontario (Elgin)|Ontario Provincial Police|Jason Steacy was a man with a history of mental illness known to the police. Ontario Provincial Police responded to a call about an intoxicated man, then learned he has stabbed someone in the neck with a knife.[111] Police entered Steacy's trailer with guns drawn and shot and killed him as he turned towards them because they believed him to be holding a gun. The object in question turned out to be a computer mouse. The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing by the SIU.|-|2005-12-01|Bennis, Mohamed Anas|Quebec (Montreal)|SPVM|Shot twice by an SPVM officer after Bennis allegedly attacked them with a knife for no apparent reason.[112] |-|2006-01-11|Unknown (40)|Ontario (Markham)|York Regional Police|An unnamed man was shot and killed by York Regional Police while reportedly trying to kill his father. He was known to have a history of mental illness. The SIU ruled the shooting justified.[113] |-|2006-06-14|Beauchamp, Yves (53)|Quebec (St. Sulpice)|Sûreté du Québec|Beauchamp was killed in his home when Sûreté du Québec burst in before dawn because "they were worried he might destroy evidence related to a fraud investigation". He had a firearm and his wife stated she believed he may of thought a home invasion was taking place "since one had occurred in a neighboring home. He was shot in the head by police.[114] |-|2006-06-20|Christian, Duane (15)|Ontario (Toronto)||Christian was killed after two Toronto police constables who had pursued and stopped his van fired several shots to prevent him getting away.[115] |-|2006-08-11|Gregory, Robert (70)|Nova Scotia (Forest Glen)|RCMP|Gregory, who was armed, was shot by an RCMP officer. The shooting was found justified by authorities.[116] |-|2007-03-27|Saleh-Azad, Ahmad (61)|Manitoba (Winnipeg)||[117] |-|2007-08-13|Boyd, Paul (39)|British Columbia (Vancouver)||Boyd, an animator who worked for Cartoon Network, allegedly swung a bicycle chain after he hit an officer. He was shot a total of nine times [118] |-|2007-10-14|Dziekański, Robert|British Columbia (Richmond)||Robert Dziekański, killed by the RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport in October 2007.|-|2007-10-14|Registre, Quilem|Quebec (Montreal)||Registre collided with a parked car after running a stop sign, police electrocuted him six times with their tasers in the process of arresting him.[119] |-|2007-11-20|Graham, Trevor Colin (26)|Ontario (Kitchener)||26-year-old Trevor Colin Graham was shot and killed in a Shoppers Drug Mart after robbing it for prescription drugs. He was armed with a double-edged utility tool.[120] |-|2008-01-21|Cloutier, Gilles (43)|Quebec||Shot and killed by police while carrying a fishing knife following a car chase.|-|2008-02-16|Debassige, Byron (28)|Ontario (Toronto)||Debassige, who suffered from schizophrenia, advanced on officers holding a knife.|-|2008-03-18|Montgrand, Jacqueline (44)|Saskatchewan (Prince Albert)||Montgrand, a First Nations woman, was shot after approaching officers with a knife.[121] |-|2008-06-28|Leclair, David (35)|Quebec (Gatineau)||David Leclair was shot 3 times and including once directly in the back by Gatineau Police Officer Pierre Francois Blais.[122] |-|2008-08-09|Villanueva, Fredy Alberto|Quebec (Montreal)||During an intervention to identify his brother Danny, Fredy Villanueva along with a group of friends attacked two police officers before the officer fired a few rounds, one of which killed Fredy.|-|2008-11-29|Boryskavich, Nathan (43)|Manitoba (The Pas)|RCMP|Boryskavich died of hemorrhaging and a torn artery after being pepper sprayed and kicked by RCMP officers who were responding to a call from his ex. Officers were not found responsible but were criticized for not following protocol, including not accessing Boryskavich's record of mental illness before arrival and failing to remove his young daughter from the scene.[123] [124] |-|2008-12-21|Moynaugh, Gregory (25)|Ontario (Port Credit)|Peel Regional Police|Moynaugh, who was bipolar and had a history of mental illness was shot by Peel police outside his father's apartment. He was armed with serrated knives. Friends later reported that he had been struggling with a change in his medication.[125] The officer was cleared of any wrongdoing by the SIU.[126] |-|2009-03-06|Jeffrey, Paul (27)|Ontario (Ottawa)|Ottawa Police Service|27-year-old Paul Jeffrey was shot by Ottawa police shortly after robbing a nearby TD Bank. Officers chased after Jeffrey on foot, who then threatened to shoot the officers and pointed what later turned out to be a fake firearm at the officers. The officers shot Jeffrey in defense, who then died shortly after from the gunshot wounds.[127] |-|2009-04-22|Bastien, Richard (43) |Ontario (Ottawa)|Ottawa Police Service|After the suspect pointed his gun at police, police shot him multiple times. He also shot himself in the head and died two days later.[128] |-|2009-06-22|Minty, Douglas (59) |Ontario (Elmvale)||Douglas Minty, who suffered from mental illness, had a dispute with a door-to-door salesperson who proceeded to call the police. Upon police arrival Douglas left his home and walked towards the officer. The officer believed Douglas had something in his hand and yelled for him to drop it. Douglas did not respond and continued to walk towards the officer at which point the officer shot Douglas multiple times in his yard, where he died.[129] |-|2009-10-23|Hughes, Jeffrey (48)|British Columbia (Nanaimo)|RCMP|Hughes was shot three times by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers at his apartment complex, after police were called for a noise complaint over loud music. Police were told before arriving that Hughes was mentally ill. Hughes threatened to kill police and came out with a gun. The gun was later determined to be a flare gun.[130] |-|2009-11-08|Therrien, Éric (35)|Quebec (Papineauville)|Sûreté du Québec|Eric Therrien's partner called 911 because Therrien was in a state of distress, drinking and talking about suicide. Therrien panicked when an officer shone a flashlight at him and pulled out a knife. A Sûreté du Québec officer shot him six times, killing him. No charges were laid in Therrien's death.|}2010s
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