A decide is to determine immediately whether or not Dennis Okeymow is responsible of manslaughter for promoting a rifle that was later used to kill police.
The 21-year-old is on trial in Edmonton Court docket of King’s Bench regarding the deaths in 2023 of police constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan.
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The officers have been responding to a home disturbance at an house constructing once they have been ambushed and shot to dying by 16-year-old Roman Shewchuk.
Shewchuk then killed himself.
The Crown prosecutor says there have to be accountability for promoting a weapon to a minor understanding some hurt may consequence.
Okeymow’s lawyer says his shopper is being scapegoated for a tragedy regardless of not pulling the set off.
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