The family of Ejaz Choudry is seeking $2 million in damages in a lawsuit launched against the service, claiming its officers turned a “straightforward mental health call” into a “high-risk tactical operation” that resulted in the father of four s death.
55 people were shot by police in Canada in 2020. Of those, 34 were killed. Kelly Geraldine Malone, Meredith Omstead and Liam Casey, The Canadian Press
12/21/2020 11:43am EST
The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
A police command post vehicle is shown in Montreal North, Sunday, October 4, 2020, where police shot a man brandishing a knife.
A photo and an urn sit on Christie Zebrasky’s kitchen table.
Each time the Winnipeg woman goes to eat, she imagines her daughter’s face and wonders whether she’ll ever know what happened in the moments before 16-year-old Eishia Hudson was shot and killed by police.
“I can feel her presence here daily. She is not leaving Mom,” Zebrasky says with a deep sigh.