The jury at a coroner’s inquest into the death of Myles Gray has classified his death as a homicide, becoming one of the first official bodies to designate his death as such since he was beaten by multiple Vancouver police officers nearly eight years ago.
The jurors returned their verdict Monday after hearing testimony on Gray’s death from more than 40 witnesses over the course of the inquiry, including the police officers involved in the struggle, firefighters, paramedics, independent investigators, use-of-force trainers, a toxicologist and a forensic pathologist.
Four out of the five jurors were in favour of the decision after six hours of deliberation.
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