Randy Crosson had B次元官网网址渄etermined, angry, rage-filled eyesB次元官网网址� in his last seconds, using his girlfriend as a shield as police fired more than 30 bullets in their direction.

Bedlam had already erupted in the small bedroom as Const. Brent Wantke followed his fellow Emergency Response Team members in. Crosson, 48, had a gun to Nona McEwanB次元官网网址檚 chest, she screamed, and the bullets flew. Wantke didnB次元官网网址檛 fire his, for fear of hitting the other ERT officers before him.

B次元官网网址淭he hostage was brought to the kitchen,B次元官网网址� he said, for medical help. Wantke did a B次元官网网址渨et checkB次元官网网址� on Const. Darcy Rowe, to make sure he wasnB次元官网网址檛 hit. B次元官网网址淚t was very crowded.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭hey were in super, super tight,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淚 couldnB次元官网网址檛 see the paint on the wall, thatB次元官网网址檚 how close they were.

B次元官网网址淚 couldnB次元官网网址檛 say how many rounds came from who.B次元官网网址�

At the four-minute mark into CrossonB次元官网网址檚 five-minute warning, the six ERT officers were authorized to go in. B次元官网网址淲e believed that the suspect was going to imminently kill the hostage,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址滿y role was to simply save the hostage any way possible.B次元官网网址�

Wantke had been with ERT for four months at the time.

Rowe, the second officer to enter the room, fired his gun. He too recalled the terrifying scene, testifying Friday (April 19) during a coronerB次元官网网址檚 inquest into the deaths of Crosson and McEwan, 45, both killed by police during the March 29, 2019 hostage-taking in the Whalley house she rented.

Coroner Margaret Janzen is presiding over the inquest in Burnaby, at CoronersB次元官网网址� Court. ItB次元官网网址檚 expected to run for two weeks, with a jury of four women and a man hearing testimony.

Urgency and stress were clear in RoweB次元官网网址檚 voice as he recounted the horror.

Smoke and debris hung in the air from the strip charge police used to blast the bedroom door open. A stream of light shone through the window onto the bed. Crosson was B次元官网网址渟eated upB次元官网网址� in the darkness at the corner of the bed, with McEwan on top of him, and he was holding her around her neck.

B次元官网网址淚 could see the movements of Miss McEwanB次元官网网址檚 hair,B次元官网网址� Rowe said. B次元官网网址淚 knew that I had to get closer.B次元官网网址�

Crosson pointed his gun at RoweB次元官网网址檚 partners. B次元官网网址淚 see his eyes and he has determined, angry, rage-filled, eyes as he starts pointing out towards my partners. I know now that thereB次元官网网址檚 a bunch of debris in the doorway which has started to tangle in my feet. IB次元官网网址檓 trying to now get to that contact shot as IB次元官网网址檝e seen this change. I now realize that I canB次元官网网址檛 get to that, but I have to do something in order to stop this threat. I believe that Miss McEwanB次元官网网址檚 on top of him, as the shield, I take this as a chance to twist and shoot under and hit him in such a way that it will change his behaviour. As I fire, IB次元官网网址檓 starting to go down from all the debris IB次元官网网址檝e been caught up in, the weight of my vest and helmet take me down, and in that instant thereB次元官网网址檚 a moment of fabric and everything which becomes in my view which hadnB次元官网网址檛 been, and I canB次元官网网址檛 understand what happened. At that point I come to rest on the corner of the bed.B次元官网网址�

Multiple rounds are going off. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 stuck on that corner of the bed, laying partially down against it.B次元官网网址�

The firing stops but B次元官网网址渢he yelling and screaming and everything continues, IB次元官网网址檓 grabbed, people believe IB次元官网网址檓 shot.B次元官网网址�

Rowe got pulled out of the room, taken out of the house through the front and to a vehicle. B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 see what has happened and transpired within the room, I donB次元官网网址檛 know the status of Miss McEwan, Mr. Crosson or my teammates at that point.B次元官网网址�

Rowe said he fired two rounds. Asked how many gunshots he heard, Rowe told the inquest B次元官网网址渄ozens, there was probably more than 30 rounds firedB次元官网网址� from different firearms.

A Surrey-based police watchdog B次元官网网址� the Independent Investigations Office B次元官网网址� in 2020 found the ERT blameless in the shooting deaths. The standoff saw roughly two dozen police vehicles, as well as an armoured vehicle, descend on the home in a cul-de-sac near 132A Street and 100A Avenue.

Both officers were asked if the phenomenon of sympathetic fire occurred, when officers shoot because others are. B次元官网网址淣o, absolutely not,B次元官网网址� Wantke told the jury.

Rowe said he couldnB次元官网网址檛 speak to what the other officers did. B次元官网网址淚 know what I saw and what I reacted to, I donB次元官网网址檛 know what their risk assessment was at that point or what they saw, so I canB次元官网网址檛 speak to that, no.B次元官网网址�

The inquest continues.