By Jessica Lee Local Journalism Initiative 13/08/2024 13:28 A public inquiry report released over seven years after a Mînî Thnî man was shot and killed by RCMP and one year after a formal provincial court inquiry was held made no recommendations to prevent similar deaths from happening in the future. Ralph Stephens, who was 27 at the time of his death, was fatally shot by an RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT) officer Jan. 7, 2017, on a rural property in Mînî Thnî. RCMP, the agency’s Major Crimes Unit and ERT members arrived at the residence to arrest Stephens, his brother John Stephens, and Deangelo Powderface, as suspects in the killing of Lorenzo “Billy” Bearspaw. Bearspaw had been reported missing two days after he was last seen leaving a New Year’s…
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