Chris Amyotte

• ‘We want answers,’ says family of Ojibwa man who died after beanbag gun shooting

  Chris Amyotte, a 42-year-old Ojibwa father from Winnipeg, died on Aug. 22 in what police initially described as an "interaction" with a man behaving "erratically."

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  Sep 1, 2022
  
• Indigenous leaders call for inquiry into man’s police-involved death on Downtown Eastside

  Chris Amyotte, 42, was a member of the Rolling River First Nation in Winnipeg and had travelled in Vancouver to visit two of his children and other relatives.

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  Aug 29, 2022
  
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• Manitoba man who died after beanbag shooting had been asking for help, Vancouver police say

  Vancouver police say a Manitoba man who died after officers used a beanbag shotgun on Monday had asked bystanders for help following a 'violent incident' that occurred earlier.

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  Aug 26, 2022
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• Family identifies man killed in ‘interaction’ with Vancouver police as Winnipeg father

  Chris Amyotte, a 42-year-old father of seven, died after an 'interaction' with police on the Downtown Eastside Monday. Witnesses say police shot him with a bean bag gun.

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  Aug 24, 2022