UPDATE: Jury inquest makes decision
UPDATE: A jury at a coroner’s inquest in North Battleford has been unable to determine the manner of a man’s death last October.
A coroner’s inquest is a process in which to determine the facts of the case. It is not to determine culpability, such as in a criminal trial. The presiding coroner asked jurors to detemine if the manner of Whitstone’s death was a homicide, suicide or undetermined.
Brydon Whitstone was fatally shot in an altercation with the RCMP, after crashing into two police cars. In their interaction with Whitstone, Mounties said he made a move toward his waist area, which led to a member discharging their firearm. It was later determined Whitstone was unarmed.
A toxicology report determined that at the time of Whitstone’s death, he had both meth and alcohol in his body. According to testimony at the inquest, Whitstone told a passenger in his vehicle that he wanted to die.