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Officer says Myles Gray was restrained face-down for several minutes before death
Officer John Gravengard testified Gray was restrained face down for 6-7 minutes before going limp, contrasting other officers' accounts in a case ruled homicide by a coroner's jury.
- On March 2, 2026, Const. John Gravengard testified at a Vancouver public hearing into Myles Gray's 2015 death, and his 2015 IIO statements were read aloud, presenting an account that differs from last week's testimony.
- Police responded after a garden hose complaint, and officers described Gray as exhibiting `superhuman strength` and symptoms linked to cocaine, psychosis, or excited delirium, with injuries revealed in a 2023 coroner's inquest.
- Const. John Gravengard said he arrived to find three other officers restraining Gray and put his right knee on Gray's hamstring and left knee on his calf while others held the hobble and arms, with Gray struggling for about six or seven minutes before going limp.
- A coroner's jury has ruled Gray's death a homicide, while the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is holding an inquiry into seven Vancouver police officers cleared of misconduct in 2024 by a police discipline authority.
- Last week, Const. Chris Bowater testified that Gray made a `fast twist` out of Const. Beau Spencer's grip and put himself face down for `approximately 10 seconds` before officers uncuffed and rolled him for chest compressions as interviews with police were played in the public hearing.
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Officer says Myles Gray was restrained face-down for several minutes before death
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer has testified at a public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray that Gray was handcuffed and hobbled, and struggled while being
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Officer says Myles Gray was restrained face-down for several minutes before death – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver police officer has testified at a public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray that Gray was handcuffed and hobbled, and struggled while being restrained face down by officers for several minutes before his body went limp. The testimony by Const. John Gravengard is in contrast to that of another officer who told the hearing last week that Gray was in the recovery position then put himself face down for…
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