Jurors handed down 16 recommendations following the coroner's inquest into a 2012 shooting death in Queensborough.
Richmond resident Mehrdad Bayrami was shot on Nov. 8 after an almost-five-hour standoff with police in the parking lot of the Starlight Casino in New Westminster. He died in hospital 10 days later. Last week, members of a jury and presiding coroner Dr. D. Kelly Barnard heard from police officers who were part of the response team at the casino on the day of the shooting, including Delta Const. Jordan MacWilliams, the officer who shot Bayrami. Bayrami’s daughter also testified.
When the inquest was over, the jury made 16 recommendations directed at various arms of the provincial government, including the chief coroner, Fraser Health and the ministry of education. The majority of recommendations, however, were directed at the provincial director of police services and the minister of Health.
