Officer who fatally shot Beau Baker expected to testify at inquest today
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The second day of the inquest into the fatal police shooting of a Kitchener man is underway.
The second day of the inquest into the fatal police shooting of a Kitchener man is underway.
A number of people who knew 20-year-old Beau Baker leading up to his death are set to testify, along with the police officer who shot him.
Baker was shot and killed by a Waterloo regional police officer outside his Brybeck Crescent apartment on April 2, 2015.
The officer who shot Baker was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing by the province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in 2015.
At the end of this inquest, the jury may make recommendations aimed at preventing future deaths under similar circumstances, but there is no charge or allegation to be proven or disproven and no one is on trial.
On Tuesday morning, the jury heard from a Children’s Aid Society (CAS) worker who worked with Baker from the time he was around 14-year-old.
She explained Baker was a very kind and social person but struggled with mental health and addiction issues.
