Some Mountie deaths in 2014 Moncton massacre may have been preventable: Crown
MONCTON, N.B. — Some of the Mounties killed in a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton might have survived had the RCMP complied with labour laws, a Crown prosecutor told a judge Monday.
Crown attorney Paul Adams said the vast majority of the officers who responded to the active-shooter call that day lacked full training and requalification in firearms.
The RCMP is on trial on Labour Code charges stemming from its response to the shootings, which killed three officers and wounded two others.
Const. Doug Larche, along with constables Fabrice Gevaudan and Dave Ross were killed, while constables Eric Dubois and Darlene Goguen were wounded when gunman Justin Bourque used a semi-automatic rifle to target police officers in Moncton’s northwest end.