Nothing could be done to save Nona McEwanB次元官网网址檚 life, an ER physician at Royal Columbian Hospital testified Monday.

B次元官网网址淣o, unfortunately,B次元官网网址� Dr. Pearlly Ng replied, asked if her condition was survivable.

Ng was called as a witness at a coronerB次元官网网址檚 inquest into the deaths of Randy Crosson, 48, and Nona McEwan, 45, both killed by police bullets during a March 29, 2019 hostage-taking in the Whalley house McEwan rented. Crosson used McEwan as a human shield, the inquest heard.

B次元官网网址淒uring the transportation she unfortunately lost her vital signs,B次元官网网址� Ng said. The paramedics had started CPR and notified the hospital they were 10 minutes away. Ng activated the trauma team and contacted the blood bank to initiate the B次元官网网址渕assive transfusion protocol, anticipating that I would receive a patient who had sustained a large amount of blood loss.B次元官网网址�

When McEwan arrived, they were unable to regain a pulse, and her time of death was declared at 8:18 a.m. SheB次元官网网址檇 lost consciousness at 7:33 a.m. She was shot at 7:25 a.m., the inquest heard.

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Royal Columbian, at 330 East Columbia St. in New Westminster, is a Level 1 trauma centre, Ng noted. B次元官网网址淪o we regularly see people that have sustained gunshot wounds.B次元官网网址�

McEwan was shot twice, in her right arm and right abdomen.

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.

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 of McEwan and Crosson, whom authorities say was holding McEwan against her will in her rented home. The standoff saw roughly two dozen police vehicles, as well as an armoured vehicle, surround a home in a cul-de-sac near 132A Street and 100A Avenue.

McEwan was killed when she was struck by two police bullets as ERT officers fired on Crosson, who held a large knife to her throat and had B次元官网网址渨hat appeared to beB次元官网网址� a gun in his hand. Forensic police later found a B次元官网网址渞ealistic-lookingB次元官网网址� replica pistol between the bed and the wall. Crosson was pronounced dead at the scene and McEwan died on the way to hospital.

Cpl. Luke Johnston, a B次元官网网址渂reacherB次元官网网址� with the Emergency Response Team since 2011, also testified on Monday. He said heB次元官网网址檇 been deployed 500 B次元官网网址渙r soB次元官网网址� times B次元官网网址� about 50 per year B次元官网网址� on ERT calls before March 29, 2019. He set the charge to blow open the bedroom door to get to the couple. The risk assessment, he said, B次元官网网址渨as extreme.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 about as high as I think I could go in my risk assessment in my career so far.B次元官网网址�

Johnston said he fired four rounds at the centre of CrossonB次元官网网址檚 abdomen.

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Crosson was on the bed, and in his left hand was a pistol with a closed grip on it.

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She had B次元官网网址渒ind of a startled look on her face,B次元官网网址� Johnston said. B次元官网网址淟ike a look of shock. We moved her from there, I think I grabbed one of her legs, but we moved her to the kitchen area,B次元官网网址� where the medical assessment began.B次元官网网址�

Johnston was questioned about sympathetic fire, also known as B次元官网网址渃ontagionB次元官网网址� fire, where under high stress police start shooting because other police are.

Asked if thatB次元官网网址檚 what happened here, Johnston replied no. B次元官网网址淚 perceived Mr. Crosson to, or the suspect in this case, to essentially have a firearm in their hand, and based on the movement of the hand and the gun, my interpretation was, or could be, essentially cause us harm at any point in time, and thatB次元官网网址檚 how I essentially formed my opinion and made the decision to engage with him at that point in time.B次元官网网址�

The inquest continues.