The shooting of RCMP Const. Onofrey 40 years later

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In 1978 Const. Dennis Anthony Onofrey was killed in a shootout, just weeks before his daughter was born. Here is a collection of Brandon Sun file photos from the events surrounding the incident.

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In 1978 Const. Dennis Anthony Onofrey was killed in a shootout, just weeks before his daughter was born. Here is a collection of Brandon Sun file photos from the events surrounding the incident.

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Countryside Inn Motel at Virden, MB. Unit 20, centre, is where the fatal shootout took place.
RON KALINCHUK / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Countryside Inn Motel at Virden, MB. Unit 20, centre, is where the fatal shootout took place.
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House of Dr. Markus Scherz in Oak Lake, January, 1978.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES House of Dr. Markus Scherz in Oak Lake, January, 1978.
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File photo of Herbert Bruce Archer. He was the man convicted of killing Const. Dennis Onofrey on January 23, 1978, in Oak Lake, Manitoba.
BRANDON SUN FILES File photo of Herbert Bruce Archer. He was the man convicted of killing Const. Dennis Onofrey on January 23, 1978, in Oak Lake, Manitoba.
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Office of Dr. Markus Scherz. in Oak Lake, MB. the scene of the RCMP shooting, January 1978.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Office of Dr. Markus Scherz. in Oak Lake, MB. the scene of the RCMP shooting, January 1978.
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A number of the more than three dozen Mounties on duty at Oak Lake, MB, are shown surrounding the property where the armed man, Bruce Donald Archer, was holding three hostages in January, 1978.
DAVE BONNER / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES A number of the more than three dozen Mounties on duty at Oak Lake, MB, are shown surrounding the property where the armed man, Bruce Donald Archer, was holding three hostages in January, 1978.
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David Penny, a Virden-area farmer and munipal employee, second from left, leaves Brandon General Hospital early Friday after a brief examination following five days of being held hostage by a gunman in Oak Lake. Penny, accompanied by RCMP Sgt. Howard Kearley, his wife, Irene Penny and her brother, were released about 3 a.m. He was the first hostage taken by the gunman after a shootout in Virden left one RCMP officer dead and two others injured. Jan. 27, 1978.
BRANDON SUN FILES David Penny, a Virden-area farmer and munipal employee, second from left, leaves Brandon General Hospital early Friday after a brief examination following five days of being held hostage by a gunman in Oak Lake. Penny, accompanied by RCMP Sgt. Howard Kearley, his wife, Irene Penny and her brother, were released about 3 a.m. He was the first hostage taken by the gunman after a shootout in Virden left one RCMP officer dead and two others injured. Jan. 27, 1978.
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Dave Penny and his wife Irene were held hostage by Herbert Bruce Archer in Oak Lake, Manitoba in January of 1978. Archer had just shot and killed Const. Dennis Onofrey.
BRANDON SUN FILES Dave Penny and his wife Irene were held hostage by Herbert Bruce Archer in Oak Lake, Manitoba in January of 1978. Archer had just shot and killed Const. Dennis Onofrey.
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Dorothy Malette (Archer), wife of Herbert Bruce Archer, the man convicted of killing Const. Dennis Onofrey on January 23, 1978, in Oak Lake, Manitoba. Malette was also charged.
BRANDON SUN FILES Dorothy Malette (Archer), wife of Herbert Bruce Archer, the man convicted of killing Const. Dennis Onofrey on January 23, 1978, in Oak Lake, Manitoba. Malette was also charged.
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Police officers take Bruce Donald Archer, covering his face with hands in back seat of unmarked police car, away from the Oak Lake house where he had been holding hostages for 95 hours. Archer was taken to Brandon General Hospital for observation, January, 1978.
WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Police officers take Bruce Donald Archer, covering his face with hands in back seat of unmarked police car, away from the Oak Lake house where he had been holding hostages for 95 hours. Archer was taken to Brandon General Hospital for observation, January, 1978.
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The body of slain RMCP officer Dennis Onofrey is taken to a waiting funeral car in Winnipeg, January 1978.
PAUL DELESKE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES The body of slain RMCP officer Dennis Onofrey is taken to a waiting funeral car in Winnipeg, January 1978.
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