A standing hearing, to determine who can participate in an upcoming inquest into the death of a 27-year-old Ebb and Flow First Nation man, will be held June 21st in Winnipeg.
Its set for 10 a.m. in courtroom 408 at the Manitoba Law Courts Complex on 408 York Avenue in Winnipeg.
Anyone interested should contact Shane Smith, inquest counsel, at 204-330-6096 or email shane.smith@gov.mb.ca by June 14th.
On October 30th, 2020, Lawrence Beaulieu was arrested by Ste. Rose RCMP for allegedly threatening others while waving a machete the same day.
Beaulieu resisted officers while being taken to a cell at the RCMP detachment, but then became unresponsive and stopped breathing shortly afterward, and resuscitation efforts at the scene and the hospital were unsuccessful.
A news release from the province noted the cause of death was determined to be cardiac arrhythmia due to methamphetamine toxicity, and another factor, not causally related to the immediate cause of death, was the physiologic stress of struggle and restraint by police.
An inquest was called by the chief medical examiner, under the Fatality Inquiries Act. Inquests explore the circumstances and events leading to deaths for the purpose of finding out what, if anything, might be done to prevent similar deaths in the future.
