Comment by eyewitness.
"If you can't see that it's a kid, you know, I mean ... maybe you should go get your eyes checked."
This person's ignorance is appalling!
For anyone not in law enforcement the photo below may seem harsh but to those who dedicate their lives to protecting the public, pointing a firearm at them is not an issue to be discussed.
We expect the IIO to investigate unbiased.
Our condolences to the family, friends, students and staff.
There should be no guilt on the part of the officers involved, however, the loss of life in such a needless manner is a burden which will take time to ease.
"The pellet gun was up in my office. It was locked. I unfortunately had unlocked that door to get something else out. It is locked all the time, and it’s the one time it wasn’t and (Chase) has never left the house with it,' said his father."
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"It is absolutely possible that a few more minutes of verbal engagement and restraint on the part of the officers might have saved his life," Oriola told CBC News.
Oriola is a professor at the University of Alberta.
His law enforcement experience is unknown.
Totally agree with this post. Anyone who wants to criticise an officer for acting in this manner when someone points a firearm at them needs a wakeup call. Scores of children have died having had access to a firearm and pulled the trigger. This nonsense about talking the suspect down is unrealistic.