Coroner's inquest into Rodney Levi's death begins in Miramichi
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Jury selection begins today for the coroner's inquest into the death of Rodney Levi, who was fatally shot by the RCMP about 15 months ago.
The hearings will be presided over by coroner John Evans in a conference room at the Rodd Miramichi River Hotel.
Testimony is due to start Wednesday morning and the inquest could last "six to eight days", according to the Department of Justice and Public Safety.
Levi, 48, died of gunshot wounds to the chest after being shot by a police officer on June 12, 2020 at a residence on Boom Road near Sunny Corner.
He was a member of the Metepenagiag First Nation and the second Indigenous person to be killed by New Brunswick police that month.
26-year-old Chantel Moore had been fatally shot outside her Edmundston apartment on June 4.
The purpose of the inquest is not to lay blame but to have a five-member jury come up with recommendations on how to prevent another death like Levi's.
This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and CBC Saskatchewan.
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