Find mill shooter not guilty because he was depressed: defence lawyer says
NANAIMO, B.C. — A defence lawyer says the man accused of murdering two of his former co-workers at a British Columbia sawmill should be acquitted of first-degree murder and convicted of manslaughter.
In closing arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court trial in Nanaimo on Monday, John Gustafson told the jury there is little doubt Kevin Addison fired the weapon, but his actions were not premeditated or intentional, adding that his client suffered from depression that caused him to be “unthinking and unfocused.”
Mill employees Fred McEachern and Michael Lunn died in the shooting on April 30, 2014, while Tony Sudar and Earl Kelly were shot but survived.
Addison, 49, a former Western Forest Products employee, was arrested at the mill office minutes after police received calls about an active shooter.