A public hearing began Monday (April 15) looking into whether Victoria police officer Ron Kirkwood used appropriate force in the fatal Christmas Day shooting of 43-year-old Lisa Rauch.
Rauch was shot in the back of the head with three rounds of what are supposed to be non-lethal ammunition.
It is alleged that during the 2019 incident, Rauch had barricaded herself in a Pandora Avenue apartment after threatening the unit’s resident with a knife.
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