B.C.’s independent police watchdog has ruled an RCMP officer was justified in the fatal shooting of a man near Slocan more than three years ago.
Peter de Groot was killed in a cabin on October 13, 2014, four days after he disappeared into the bush following a confrontation with police in the small southeastern community.
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The RCMP said the officer shot de Groot when he raised a rifle as the Mountie opened the cabin door — although the Independent Investigations Office says that appeared to be contradicted by an initial autopsy that found he was shot in the back.
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But it says another autopsy commissioned by the man’s family as well as a fourth autopsy it ordered due to contradictory evidence shows he was actually shot in the neck with the bullet going out the back — supporting the officer’s argument that he was protecting himself from death or serious harm.
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