Peter Degroot, suspect in shootout in Slocan, B.C., dead

Well that's good news. One less scum bag I have to pay lawyers fees for and support for 20 years while he's living the high life in jail.
Hooray for the good guys.

And now an inquest will ensue.

It would seem you haven't bothered to follow the whole story or at least read some of the comments posted by people who apparently knew Degroot. While maybe not a saint nobody has had occasion to deride him or infer in any way he was a "scum bag".

Sounds like he was driven to desperation trying to feed the animals he cared for as he had less and less money. Obviously a bit touched, but not some psycho cop killer either. Sounds like if he had found a way to reach out for help, the community might have responded.

This is my neck of the woods.
It has kept the whole area on 'alert' when he was not located yet.
People were told that if they wanted to leave their houses, they were not to come back until this matter was resolved and DeGroot was found. School was first in lock down for hours, then later evacuated. Half the town was evacuated.

He was a survivalist and a decent guy, from what I understand. This should not have happened. The 2 ERT's ran into him by accident, I understand. If they KNEW for sure he was there, they would not have been surprised, right? And there would be manpower there.

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Damn, probably hasn't been this much excitement in Slocan since the Gold Rush.

I don't think there was much in the line of a "gold" rush back in 1892, the chosen minerals involved were mainly silver and lead, otherwise known as galena. Given the area's nickname "the Silvery Slocan" kind of gives it away.... As for excitement, just "around the corner" is New Denver which served as a Japanese internment camp during WWII and now hosts the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre.

Based on what's been reported, if the police had shot him dead initially there'd be no need for a major inquest. However, we need to know what transpired at the final cabin encounter. Was he given a chance to surrender, or did he exchange gunfire again? If the latter, then the police were completely justified in using lethal force. Nice sane guys don't shoot at cops.

I don't think there was much in the line of a "gold" rush back in 1892, the chosen minerals involved were mainly silver and lead, otherwise known as galena. Given the area's nickname "the Silvery Slocan" kind of gives it away.... As for excitement, just "around the corner" is New Denver which served as a Japanese internment camp during WWII and now hosts the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre.

Ahh yes correct.