Corporal Andrew Michaud figured he and at least two other police officers would die once they blasted open a bedroom door with a strip charge and rushed inside, knowing a suicidal hostage-taker with a gun was waiting for them on the other side, aiming to kill his girlfriend and them too.

Michaud is a 91裸聊视频渂reacher,91裸聊视频� in charge of getting fellow Emergency Response Team police into places with lockpickers, chainsaws and explosives in his arsenal. He testified Friday (April 19) during a coroner91裸聊视频檚 inquest into the deaths of Randy Crosson, 48, and Nona McEwan, 45, both killed by police during the March 29, 2019 hostage-taking in the Whalley house she rented. Crosson used her as a human shield, the inquest heard.

91裸聊视频淚 just pictured us going in and just getting shot and us just falling like dominoes,91裸聊视频� he said, sharing the psychology of the situation.

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.

The ERT officers took their place outside the small bedroom, with the first in line gripping a shield.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 three times in my career where I91裸聊视频檝e gone through the door and expected to be killed, and this was one of them,91裸聊视频� Michaud told the jury. 91裸聊视频淭his is the second. The first time I was not in charge, I was one of the people going through, and it91裸聊视频檚 a very weird feeling that as soon as this door opens I91裸聊视频檓 going to get shot, and do I get killed? I don91裸聊视频檛 know.91裸聊视频�

Crosson had already pointed a gun at the armoured vehicle outside and declared: 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a good day to die,91裸聊视频� Michaud recalled. 91裸聊视频淗e wants to kill police, gave me a one-hour timeline. He knew in one hour we were going to make that decision. But now, he decides to say 91裸聊视频榊ou have five minutes.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 know what91裸聊视频檚 on the other end of the door,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 know what we91裸聊视频檙e going to face inside. What I do know is that we91裸聊视频檙e going to go in 91裸聊视频� we91裸聊视频檙e going in under his terms 91裸聊视频� he knows in five minutes or less we91裸聊视频檙e going to come through that door and we91裸聊视频檙e going to come at him, and he has a hostage in there.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 said, 91裸聊视频榃ell, we91裸聊视频檙e going to take rounds going through this door,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Michaud said. 91裸聊视频淭he time is ticking.91裸聊视频�

The officer with the shield took his position. 91裸聊视频淚 said to him, 91裸聊视频榊ou91裸聊视频檙e number one.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

After a lengthy pause, Michaud continued.

91裸聊视频淢e saying that to him, that was my goodbye. You91裸聊视频檙e going to get shot, you91裸聊视频檙e going to get killed. But you91裸聊视频檙e going to take rounds on that shield, you91裸聊视频檙e going to push in, and we91裸聊视频檙e going to get now five feet close.

91裸聊视频淲hen you go down,91裸聊视频� he said, remembering looking at the second officer, 91裸聊视频測ou91裸聊视频檙e number two. You91裸聊视频檙e also going to die. I don91裸聊视频檛 say it.91裸聊视频�

After the first cop went down, he anticipated, the second would be 91裸聊视频渢he fresh guy91裸聊视频� pushing forward.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 expecting that he91裸聊视频檚 ready for war,91裸聊视频� he said of Crosson.

Michaud said in his mind after number two gets killed, there will be number three and number four and number five. 91裸聊视频淢aybe even number three is going to take rounds, I don91裸聊视频檛 know. But at least, up to that point, I know we91裸聊视频檒l be able to respond.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淓verybody on that team was aware of exactly what needed to happen.91裸聊视频�

The inquest continues.