Public Safety and Solicitor General
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following an interaction with RCMP in Nanaimo on June 14, 2016.
He was Craig Andrew Ford, aged 49, a resident of Nanaimo.
Mr. Ford was shot during an encounter with Nanaimo RCMP which occurred about 10:45 a.m. on June 14, 2016, in the 3600-block of Country Club Drive in Nanaimo. Mr. Ford was transported to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital but could not be resuscitated.
The BC Coroners Service and the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) continue to investigate this death.
The mandate of the IIO is to investigate whether any offences may have been committed by the police officers involved. The mandate of the BC Coroners Service in such cases is broader.
The coroner’s investigation may look at the events which led up to the final fatal outcome and whether there are reasonable and practical recommendations that could be made which might prevent future deaths in similar circumstances.
