Shot in full palace of justice

Screen Capture, TVA Gatineau-Ottawa
The 18 year old man was taken to hospital in Hull after being hit by a bullet to the head the palace of justice of Maniwaki.

Antoine Lacroix

Wednesday, 31 January 2018 14:00

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Wednesday, 31 January 2018 23:38

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A simple urge to smoke would be at the origin of the clash between security agents and a youth who was struck in the head by a bullet fired by a special constable of the palace of justice of Maniwaki.

By pure chance, the victim of 18-year-old should be out since the shot has penetrated his nose to lodge into his neck, not causing damage to the brain, according to the family.

The scuffle is quickly become viral after a witness had published a video that has made the tour of Quebec. On Wednesday evening, the publication had more than 886 000 views and 24,000 shares on Facebook.

We can see the peace officer, who grabs the young man, that you can’t identify because he appeared before the youth court, in order to master it. His mother begged the constable to let go of her son. Security officers observe the scene, intervening only on rare occasions.

“You better not “scrapper” my guy, ” she says at a certain time.

The confrontation carries over into another room off of the field of the camera, where multiple screams are heard.

The special constable would have unsheathed his asp baton to try to control the young man, but he would have succeeded to him then attack him and hit him in the head, according to the Bureau of independent investigations (EIB), which will attempt to clarify the circumstances of the event.

“Loose your “esti” gun ! “

“Loose your “esti gun”! Loose your “esti gun”! ” screams the mother, just before the detonation is heard.

According to the author of the video, the conflict began because the victim wanted to smoke a cigarette outside the palace of justice.

“The agents did not want to let it out. This is where it has escalated “, he says, is called ” traumatized “.

“They were seven around [him]. But there’s just one that was trying to control it “, said he.

Met by The Newspaper to the hospital in Hull, where the victim was brought here, his father had feared to never see again.

“I panicked. I didn’t know if I was to lose my son or what. I have two girls, but just a son. He was dead, or not, I didn’t know “, he says.

Revolt of the police

His father describes him as a young “character on fire” that could make ” small bad things “, but that ” was not a case lost “.

According to him, his son was “a revolt of the police,” since one of his close friends had been shot down in 2015 Maniwaki, 135 kilometres north of Gatineau.

On Facebook, the mother of the young man, having been reached by ball wrote that her son had just been hit by a sentence of six months ‘ imprisonment for a crime she has not specified. It would be of harm, according to our information.

Staff in the region reported

The Union of the special constables of the Quebec government denounces the lack of workforce, especially in the regions.

The constable who shot was the only station at the palace of justice of Maniwaki. He was accompanied by security agents who do not have the same training.

“With adequate resources, it would surely have been able to apprehend him without the use of the firearm, said chairman of the union, Franck Perales. It is truly unfortunate for everyone, including the victim. “

“I have already said to the minister [Martin] Coiteux that it would be a shame that an unfortunate event happens to that changes. Is it needed to really come to this ? ” he continued.

Mr. Perales complains that the security officers are not trained to the rules of procedure, unlike special constables.

According to our sources, the constable is currently in a state of shock at the hospital and is seriously wounded in the head.

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– With Michael Nguyen, Boris Proulx, Catherine Montambeault, Axel Marchand-Lamothe, Maxime Deland, QMI Agency, and Sabrina Rivet, special collaboration