MIRAMICHI, N.B. —
An emergency room physician says all efforts failed to save lots of the lifetime of an Indigenous New Brunswick man shot by police final yr.
Rodney Levi, who was from the Metepenagiag First Nation, was shot useless by the RCMP on the night of June 12, 2020 after police responded to a criticism of a disturbance in a house in Sunny Nook, N.B.
Dr. Syed Ahmed advised a coroner’s inquest Thursday that paramedics reported no indicators of life for 41 minutes, including that superior CPR was accomplished for one more half-hour earlier than Levi was declared useless.
An investigation of the capturing decided the officers on the scene believed Levi was utilizing power in opposition to them, and he was shot to guard themselves and civilians who had been current.
An post-mortem confirmed Levi had amphetamine and methamphetamine in his physique on the time of the capturing.
A coroner’s inquest doesn’t assign blame however points suggestions meant to assist forestall a demise underneath related circumstances sooner or later.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Sept. 30, 2021.
