The Prince George website Opinion250 has published a transcript of the statement by RCMP constable Paul Koester. It is an 18 page typed account of the night of October 29, 2005 and provides the constables account of the events that led up to the tragic shooting of 22 year old Ian Bush in the Houston detachment’s interview room.
The statement was recounted three weeks after the incident, taken from an assortment of notes that the officer made in relation to the shooting, he stated in testimony this week that he put it together with the assistance of his wife the lawyer that he has retained since the events of October 29th.
It’s an interesting review of the night in question from the perspective of the RCMP officer, which traces the mundane tasks of regular patrol, detachment duties and the eventual tragic shooting. An event has been the subject of this week’s coroner’s inquest and has been the topic of conversation in Houston since that fateful October night.
The full report from the Opinion 250 website can be found here.
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