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Officer on scene of fatal Winnipeg police shooting of Eishia Hudson testifies at inquest

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Details about the events leading up to a fatal police shooting were put into focus on the second day of an inquest into the shooting of a 16-year-old girl following a vehicle chase in Winnipeg – Feb 3, 2026

Details about the events leading up to a fatal police shooting were put into focus on the second day of an inquest into the shooting of a 16-year-old girl following a vehicle chase in Winnipeg.

Eishia Hudson was killed in 2020 after police responded to a liquor store robbery by a group of teens.

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An agreed statement of facts read aloud in court determined Eishia was driving a stolen Jeep when some of the individuals who were in the vehicle with her robbed a liquor store and one threatened staff before taking off.

It said that a store employee reported the theft to police and described the suspects as Indigenous youth between the ages of 15 and 18.

The first person to testify was Winnipeg police Sgt. Dustin Dreger, who was one of the officers who attempted to apprehend the group.

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Dreger told the inquest that liquor store thefts at the time were heightened and sometimes resulted in violence against employees and bystanders.

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