Video shows lead-up to VPD shooting of Indigenous man on Downtown Eastside using bean bag gun – CBC

Oct 27, 2022

A video has surfaced on social media showing a Vancouver police officer shooting an Indigenous man with a bean bag gun — an incident which occurred in August and is the subject of an investigation into police’s use of force.

Chris Amyotte, a 42-year-old father of eight from Winnipeg who was visiting family in Vancouver, died on Aug. 22 after an interaction with Vancouver police officers on the Downtown Eastside during which he was shot with a bean bag gun.

The Ojibway man’s death has drawn calls for police accountability from his family who say Amyotte was shot while unarmed and calling for help. Witnesses and the Vancouver Police Department have confirmed he was asking for help.

The incident is the subject of an investigation by the Independent Investigations Office (IIO), B.C.’s civilian-led police oversight agency, into whether police use of force was appropriate.

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