Three RCMP officers who killed an Indigenous man in a Campbell River parking lot nearly three years ago will not be charged, according to a group working on behalf of the victim’s family.
Jared Lowndes died the morning of July 8, 2021 in the parking lot of the Willow Point Tim Hortons after police officers opened fire. During the incident, a police dog was also killed, and the dog’s handler was injured.
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