Randy Crosson had 91裸聊视频渄etermined, angry, rage-filled eyes91裸聊视频� in his last seconds, using his girlfriend as a shield as police fired more than 30 bullets in their direction.

Bedlam had already erupted in the small bedroom as Const. Brent Wantke followed his fellow Emergency Response Team members in. Crosson, 48, had a gun to Nona McEwan91裸聊视频檚 chest, she screamed, and the bullets flew. Wantke didn91裸聊视频檛 fire his, for fear of hitting the other ERT officers before him.

91裸聊视频淭he hostage was brought to the kitchen,91裸聊视频� he said, for medical help. Wantke did a 91裸聊视频渨et check91裸聊视频� on Const. Darcy Rowe, to make sure he wasn91裸聊视频檛 hit. 91裸聊视频淚t was very crowded.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淭hey were in super, super tight,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 couldn91裸聊视频檛 see the paint on the wall, that91裸聊视频檚 how close they were.

91裸聊视频淚 couldn91裸聊视频檛 say how many rounds came from who.91裸聊视频�

At the four-minute mark into Crosson91裸聊视频檚 five-minute warning, the six ERT officers were authorized to go in. 91裸聊视频淲e believed that the suspect was going to imminently kill the hostage,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频滿y role was to simply save the hostage any way possible.91裸聊视频�

Wantke had been with ERT for four months at the time.

Rowe, the second officer to enter the room, fired his gun. He too recalled the terrifying scene, testifying Friday (April 19) during a coroner91裸聊视频檚 inquest into the deaths of Crosson and McEwan, 45, both killed by police during the March 29, 2019 hostage-taking in the Whalley house she rented.

Coroner Margaret Janzen is presiding over the inquest in Burnaby, at Coroners91裸聊视频� Court. It91裸聊视频檚 expected to run for two weeks, with a jury of four women and a man hearing testimony.

Urgency and stress were clear in Rowe91裸聊视频檚 voice as he recounted the horror.

Smoke and debris hung in the air from the strip charge police used to blast the bedroom door open. A stream of light shone through the window onto the bed. Crosson was 91裸聊视频渟eated up91裸聊视频� in the darkness at the corner of the bed, with McEwan on top of him, and he was holding her around her neck.

91裸聊视频淚 could see the movements of Miss McEwan91裸聊视频檚 hair,91裸聊视频� Rowe said. 91裸聊视频淚 knew that I had to get closer.91裸聊视频�

Crosson pointed his gun at Rowe91裸聊视频檚 partners. 91裸聊视频淚 see his eyes and he has determined, angry, rage-filled, eyes as he starts pointing out towards my partners. I know now that there91裸聊视频檚 a bunch of debris in the doorway which has started to tangle in my feet. I91裸聊视频檓 trying to now get to that contact shot as I91裸聊视频檝e seen this change. I now realize that I can91裸聊视频檛 get to that, but I have to do something in order to stop this threat. I believe that Miss McEwan91裸聊视频檚 on top of him, as the shield, I take this as a chance to twist and shoot under and hit him in such a way that it will change his behaviour. As I fire, I91裸聊视频檓 starting to go down from all the debris I91裸聊视频檝e been caught up in, the weight of my vest and helmet take me down, and in that instant there91裸聊视频檚 a moment of fabric and everything which becomes in my view which hadn91裸聊视频檛 been, and I can91裸聊视频檛 understand what happened. At that point I come to rest on the corner of the bed.91裸聊视频�

Multiple rounds are going off. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 stuck on that corner of the bed, laying partially down against it.91裸聊视频�

The firing stops but 91裸聊视频渢he yelling and screaming and everything continues, I91裸聊视频檓 grabbed, people believe I91裸聊视频檓 shot.91裸聊视频�

Rowe got pulled out of the room, taken out of the house through the front and to a vehicle. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 see what has happened and transpired within the room, I don91裸聊视频檛 know the status of Miss McEwan, Mr. Crosson or my teammates at that point.91裸聊视频�

Rowe said he fired two rounds. Asked how many gunshots he heard, Rowe told the inquest 91裸聊视频渄ozens, there was probably more than 30 rounds fired91裸聊视频� from different firearms.

A Surrey-based police watchdog 91裸聊视频� the Independent Investigations Office 91裸聊视频� in 2020 found the ERT blameless in the shooting deaths. The standoff saw roughly two dozen police vehicles, as well as an armoured vehicle, descend on the home in a cul-de-sac near 132A Street and 100A Avenue.

Both officers were asked if the phenomenon of sympathetic fire occurred, when officers shoot because others are. 91裸聊视频淣o, absolutely not,91裸聊视频� Wantke told the jury.

Rowe said he couldn91裸聊视频檛 speak to what the other officers did. 91裸聊视频淚 know what I saw and what I reacted to, I don91裸聊视频檛 know what their risk assessment was at that point or what they saw, so I can91裸聊视频檛 speak to that, no.91裸聊视频�

The inquest continues.