Elgyn was shot and killed by police inside a home on Norway House Cree Nation. Norway House RCMP say the teen was holding an edged weapon, but his family says there was no need to use lethal force.
Elgyn Muskego was shot and killed by police outside a home on Norway House Cree Nation around 1:45 a.m. on Friday. Norway House RCMP say the teen was holding an edged weapon, but his family says there was no need to shoot him. The grandparents of a teen who was killed by RCMP in a northern Manitoba First Nation say they can't fathom why police would see the need to use lethal force on the boy they helped raise since he was a toddler.
"There two of them, and there's one little boy," he said. "Use a stun gun, other means. He was just a little boy. He was 17 years old." Kathy Ettawacappo said one of Elgyn's aunts messaged her about the shooting minutes after Shirley passed away. Elgyn was a loving boy who cared deeply about his siblings and loved ice fishing, skidooing, and being outdoors, his grandfather, Charles Ettawacappo said, while acknowledging the teen also had his struggles.
"We're not only becoming scared of the bad in our community, but we're scared of the people who are supposed to protect us from the bad in our community," said Bryan Rowden.Rowden said Elgyn was his little cousin or nephew. He got to know him over the past four or five years as a barber, when the boy periodically swung by to get his hair cut.
Jonathan Meikle is a community member of Norway House Cree Nation. He believes deploying police to the incident involving the 17-year-old was not the proper response to the situation. who is non-verbal and disabled. "We will take all necessary steps to ensure justice occurs and to support the families affected by these tragedies."
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