Police killed northern Ontario First Nation man, inquest jury concludes – CBC

Jury recommends better mental health services, more police training

May 13, 2016

The jury at the coroner’s inquest into the death of a Lac Seul First Nation man, shot by provincial police in 2010, made recommendations this week that police find ways to respond more quickly to critical incidents in northwestern Ontario.

Brian Gray, 39, was killed by members of the Ontario Provincial Police emergency response team outside a residence at Whitefish Bay in the Lac Seul First Nation near Sioux Lookout, Ont., on May 9, 2010.

After receiving reports of shots being fired at the residence, it took officers more than four hours to reach the home, according to the Special Investigations Unit, (SIU), the police oversight body that found police were justified in using lethal force.