WINNIPEG — It could be months before an inquest into a police shooting that killed a 26-year-old man in Winnipeg in 2008 proceeds.
Lawyers from the province, the Winnipeg Police Service and the shooting victim’s family met at the law courts on Monday for what was supposed to be day one of the inquest.
However, court heard a key witness to the shooting changed their story Friday afternoon.
Craig McDougall was shot and killed by police who were responding to a disturbance call in the west end.
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The witness’s new version of events, if true, could alter the factual elements of the case, according to crown attorney and inquest counsel David Gray.
Gray wouldn’t go into detail about the witness statement, only saying that it goes directly to the heart of what allegedly occurred.
However, the new evidence potentially brings to light police conduct which needs to be investigated, according to Corey Shefman, who is representing McDougall’s father Brian
The inquest will now take a break and reconvene next week while a new investigator is sought to conduct another interview with the witness.
McDougall’s family doesn’t want to see the inquest delayed any further but wants it to be completed properly, according to the lawyer representing his father.
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