Inquest hears from police officers on scene of fatal police shooting of teen

By Brittany Hobson Two Winnipeg police officers described the minutes leading up to a high-speed car chase that saw a stolen vehicle jump a boulevard and ended with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old First Nations girl, on the second day of the inquest into her death. Eishia Hudson was shot on April 8, 2020, after police responded to reports of the robbery and chased a stolen Jeep. Court heard that the vehicle had “rammed” a police cruiser, as well as hit other cars during the pursuit before shots were fired. An agreed statement of facts read aloud in court on Tuesday stated Eishia was driving the Jeep when three of the four people who were in the vehicle with her robbed a liquor store and one threatened to stab…

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