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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/02/26/f-suicide-by-cop.html
Suicide by cop, a growing phenomenon?
CBC News
Last Updated: Feb 27, 2013 5:04 AM
On the evening of Jul. 17, 2010, the RCMP in Okotoks, Alta., received a report of a domestic assault, and about six hours after the initial call, with the emergency response team deployed around his house, 39-year-old Corey Lewis stepped out the door.
"He took up a kneeling stance and raised an object to his shoulder and pointed it at the loudspeaker. The object he was holding appeared to have a silver tip and was dark in colour," according to Cliff Purvis, the executive director of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
Const. Jason Krivoshein had an M-16 assault rifle with a flashlight attached, which he shined on Lewis, 39. Lewis, in a shooting stance, quickly turned towards the light.
"I took my gun off safe and I fired," Krivoshein told an inquiry later. Three of his six shots hit Lewis, who died about an hour later.
The object he was carrying – it was duct-taped to his hands – was an umbrella.
Was this the kind of incident, commonly known in police circles and TV dramas as, "suicide by cop"?
An inquest now underway in Yellowknife may provide an answer to that question in another case. Karen Lander, 42, was carrying a firearm on March 14, 2012 when she was shot by RCMP, who were responding to a report of a suicidal woman.
It is a phenomenon that has been around since at least the mid-1980s, criminologists and other experts say...
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/02/26/f-suicide-by-cop.html
Suicide by cop, a growing phenomenon?
CBC News
Last Updated: Feb 27, 2013 5:04 AM
On the evening of Jul. 17, 2010, the RCMP in Okotoks, Alta., received a report of a domestic assault, and about six hours after the initial call, with the emergency response team deployed around his house, 39-year-old Corey Lewis stepped out the door.
"He took up a kneeling stance and raised an object to his shoulder and pointed it at the loudspeaker. The object he was holding appeared to have a silver tip and was dark in colour," according to Cliff Purvis, the executive director of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
Const. Jason Krivoshein had an M-16 assault rifle with a flashlight attached, which he shined on Lewis, 39. Lewis, in a shooting stance, quickly turned towards the light.
"I took my gun off safe and I fired," Krivoshein told an inquiry later. Three of his six shots hit Lewis, who died about an hour later.
The object he was carrying – it was duct-taped to his hands – was an umbrella.
Was this the kind of incident, commonly known in police circles and TV dramas as, "suicide by cop"?
An inquest now underway in Yellowknife may provide an answer to that question in another case. Karen Lander, 42, was carrying a firearm on March 14, 2012 when she was shot by RCMP, who were responding to a report of a suicidal woman.
It is a phenomenon that has been around since at least the mid-1980s, criminologists and other experts say...
More in link
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/02/26/f-suicide-by-cop.html
