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Police officers recount final minutes of fatal B.C. hostage taking

Coroner’s inquest hears testimony from ERT members who shot Randy Crosson in Surrey in 2019
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An IIO officer speaks with a Mountie at the scene of fatal March 29, 2019 shootings. (File Photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Note: This story includes details that may be disturbing.

Cpl. Chris Dibblee was the first officer from the Emergency Response Team (ERT) to enter the room where Randy Crosson was holding his girlfriend, Nona Marnie McEwan, at knifepoint on the morning of March 29, 2019.

“To say it was high risk would be an understatement,” Dibblee said during testimony at a coroner’s inquest Thursday (April 18).

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Anna Burns

About the Author: Anna Burns

I started with Black Press Media in the fall of 2022 as a multimedia journalist after finishing my practicum at the Surrey Now-Leader.
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