Inquest into the 2019 deaths of Randy Crosson and Nona McEwan in Surrey wrapped up Wednesday
A senior bureaucrat in the provincial government says nothing could have been done differently by authorities in their dealings with Randy Crosson that would have saved Nona McEwan’s life.
Glen is responsible for oversight of all probation officers across the province. He testified Tuesday at an inquest into the deaths of of the couple, both shot dead by Emergency Response Team police during a 2019 hostage-taking in Whalley where Crosson held his girlfriend, McEwan, hostage. Coroner Margaret Janzen presided over the inquest in Burnaby, at Coroners’ Court, with a jury of four women and a man hearing testimony.
“The time limit that he artificially created made a lot of difference, and then it went from the hour down to the five minutes down to like two minutes, one can understand that the action they took, why they took it. In that sense, I can’t say it was unreasonable.”READ ALSO: Police officers recount final minutes of fatal hostage-taking in SurreyThat Crosson had a replica gun was immaterial to the outcome, MacDonald opined.
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