US EditionOfficer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
- Randy Crosson, a suspect, set a deadline to kill Nona McEwan, with police believing he wanted to die, as RCMP Insp. Blair White stated at a coroner's inquest.
- White described the difficulty of the March 2019 case where Crosson wouldn't communicate with police, leading to limited information.
- Police broke into Crosson's home using a robot to gather audio and video, hearing Crosson give a one-hour warning before harming his hostage, prompting the approval of an explosives plan to reach McEwan.
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Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. — The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. Cpl.
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Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
BURNABY, B.C. — The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp.
Officer in charge tells inquest everything possible was done to save B.C. hostage
BURNABY, B.C. — The officer in charge when police in Surrey, B.C., killed a hostage taker and the woman he was holding says he believes he did everything possible to save her. RCMP Insp. Blair White told a coroner’s inquest on Wednesday the suspect, Randy Crosson, gave officers a deadline on when he would kill […]
Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. — The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner’s inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. Cpl. Chris Dibblee told the inquest jury that he almost immediately felt he would need to shoot Randy Crosson to save Nona McEwan but initially didn’t think he could do so without hitting her …
Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. — The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner’s inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. Cpl. Chris Dibblee told the inquest jury that he almost immediately felt he would need to shoot Randy Crosson to save Nona McEwan but initially didn’t think he could do so without hitting her …
Officer says B.C. hostage was lying on top of captor before police gunfire erupted
BURNABY, B.C. — The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage in 2019 has told a B.C. coroner’s inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor, who was holding a knife to her throat with a gun in his other hand. Cpl. Chris Dibblee told the inquest jury that he almost immediately felt he would need to shoot Randy Crosson to save Nona McEwan but initially didn’t think he could do so without hitting her …
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