By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: No charges against N.B. police officer in shooting of Chantel Moore

Jun 7, 2021 | 2:03 PM

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Public Prosecutions Services says no criminal charges will be filed against the police officer who fatally shot Chantel Moore a year ago.

Moore, a 26-year-old Indigenous woman, was shot by a member of the Edmundston Police Force during a wellness check on June 4, 2020.

Investigators said at the time that the shooting occurred after the young woman approached the officer with a knife in her hand.

Quebec’s independent police watchdog, known as the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, investigated the case because New Brunswick does not have its own police oversight agency.

In a statement today, the prosecutions office says the evidence showed the officer was responding to a potentially lethal threat and his actions were reasonable under the circumstances.

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Prosecutors concluded there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.

More coming.

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