Hearing to decide participants in police shooting inquest
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A standing hearing has been scheduled for next month to select the people who will be allowed to participate in the upcoming inquest into the fatal shooting of Machuar Madut by Winnipeg police in February 2019.
Madut, a 43-year-old Black man and South Sudanese refugee who was experiencing a mental health crisis, was shot to death by police Feb. 23, 2019 at an apartment complex located at 182 Colony St.
The Winnipeg Police Service responded to a 911 call reporting that a man was attempting to break into one of the suites in the apartment complex. Madut, who lived at the complex, was in the process of being evicted.
Upon arrival, officers confronted Madut, who fled into a suite and was followed by officers.
“Police deployed their conducted energy devices with no effect. Madut armed himself with a hammer and charged at police. Shots were fired and Madut sustained gunshot wounds,” reads a Manitoba Government press release.
Madut was transported to the Health Sciences Centre where he was declared dead. Manitoba’s chief medical examiner previously announced that an inquest would be launched into the fatal shooting.
“Inquests explore the circumstances and events leading to deaths for the purpose of finding out what, if anything, might be done to prevent similar deaths in the future,” the press release reads.
The standing hearing, which will be held on July 13 at 2 p.m. in courtroom 403 at the Manitoba Law Courts complex in Winnipeg, will see a judge rule on who will be allowed to participate in the inquest and question witnesses.
Madut is one of a handful of people shot to death by police in the past two years that local activists have pointed to when arguing for the defunding of the WPS.
The conduct of law enforcement has come under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks as Black Lives Matter marches have swept the continent in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, 46, at the hands of Minneapolis police.