Seth Murray said his brother was not addicted and did not use drugs
Many questions are swirling around the police-involved shooting that took place in Penticton on Oct. 22. None are as heartbreaking as the ones Seth Murray wants to ask.
After police arrived and began to interact with the man, the situation became violent and one officer was injured. The officer then discharged their firearm and the man later died in hospital. “I know he looked erratic and he had a knife or whatever, but I heard it was a couple of shots and he was only a few feet away,” said Murray, describing what he had been told by witnesses to the incident.
Due to the ongoing investigation by the IIO, neither the police watchdog nor the RCMP are answering any questions about the incident.
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