Recommendation Monitoring of the Inquest into the Death of Eric Daniels
inquest monitoring
Summary
Link to inquest report
Eric Daniels came to his death on March 6, 2010, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. On that day, he
advanced towards two members of the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS), while holding up a
machete in a threatening manner. He ignored the verbal commands from the WPS officers to
drop the machete and as he continued advancing towards the officers, they drew their pistols
and fired at Mr. Daniels, hitting him and causing his death. The inquest judge concluded
that, nothing could have been done by the WPS officers to change the outcome of the matter.
Given the evidence and the court’s findings and conclusion, no recommendations were made.
Status of review – completed August 20, 2018. As there were no recommendations for the
ombudsman to monitor, we did not issue a final report to the provincial chief judge. We
notified the WPS of our receipt of the inquest report and closed our file.