Hostage-Taking

• Inquest into fatal Surrey hostage-taking recommends cameras for ERTs

  The recommendation is one of seven to come following the inquest into the deaths of Randy Crosson and Nona McEwan in March 2019 in Surrey, B.C.

  Canada

  Apr 25
  
• Inquest hears B.C. hostage was lying on her captor before fatal shooting

  The first police officer to enter a room where a woman was being held hostage told a B.C. coroner's inquest that he saw her lying on a bed on top of her captor.

  Politics

  Apr 18
  
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• Woman sentenced to 10 years for Lethbridge hostage taking incident

  A sentence has been handed down in a downtown hostage taking case that left a woman fighting for her life last summer. She suffered life threatening injuries.

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2023
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• Police shot Surrey hostage by accident during standoff: IIO

  B.C.'s police watchdog has cleared police of wrongdoing in connection with the death of two people during a hostage-taking and standoff in Surrey last March.

  Crime

  Apr 1, 2020
• Police accuse man of taking young child hostage in Edmonton CBSA office

  Edmonton police say a 27-year-old man has been charged after they allege a child was assaulted at a Canada Border Services Agency office on Nov. 1.

  Crime

  Nov 5, 2019
• Man holds knife to child’s neck during robbery, say Winnipeg police

  A Winnipeg man has been arrested for several robberies in early September, including one where he allegedly held a knife to a child's neck before stealing cash.

  Crime

  Sep 17, 2019
• B.C. police watchdog says 2 people killed in Surrey hostage taking were shot by officers

  The overnight standoff happened at a home in North Surrey at the end of March.

  Crime

  May 2, 2019
• Hostage situation at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield bank ends peacefully after man surrenders

  The siege ended at about 1:30 a.m. when the suspect turned himself in after nearly nine hours inside the Caisse Desjardins branch in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2019
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• Suspect behind bars in safe resolution to Colony Street hostage standoff

  Police said the man had barricaded himself in an apartment, along with a 28-year-old female hostage, for almost 10 hours.

  Crime

  Jan 29, 2019
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• L.A. chief says police, not gunman, fired fatal shot at Trader Joe’s hostage standoff

  A supermarket worker was killed by a bullet fired by Los Angeles police — not the gunman they were trying to stop — the city's police chief acknowledged Tuesday.

  World

  Jul 24, 2018