Crown prosecutor submits Paul Nicholas Russell intended to kill while defence counsel argues he suffered a 'definite disconnect from reality'
Lawyers clashed during closing submissions Wednesday over whether Paul Nicholas Russell intended to kill when he opened fire on the Vanderhoof RCMP detachment 1 1/2 years ago.
Five days before, Russell's parents received a phone call from the Canadian Firearms Centre, saying he may need a doctor's clearance to keep the firearms. The call appears to have stemmed from a July 2021 encounter with RCMP in which he appeared confused and delusional and was apprehended under the Mental Health Act.
Two of them smashed through a window in the traffic section but by then, the detachment's occupants had retreated further into the building.
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