The Emergency Response Team cop who drove an RCMP tactical armoured vehicle during a fatal stand-off in Whalley five years ago told a coroner91裸聊视频檚 inquest what it was like to be in harm91裸聊视频檚 way.

Sgt. Kyle Kuharski testified Wednesday (April 17) at the inquest into the deaths of Nona Marnie McEwan, 45, and her boyfriend Randy Crosson, 48 who were killed by police on March 29, 2019. Crosson was holding McEwan hostage at the time.

91裸聊视频淚t was broadcast that a firearm was pointed out of the window at the front of the residence, and pointed at me, or the TAV,91裸聊视频� Sgt. Kyle Kuharski.

Because he was by himself in the vehicle, Kuharski said, he wasn91裸聊视频檛 able to pull closed the hatch near his seat. 91裸聊视频淚t was a concern for me at that time because I91裸聊视频檓 sitting right there, and my head, while it91裸聊视频檚 recessed inside the vehicle, it is if you91裸聊视频檝e seen any movies with tanks, it91裸聊视频檚 kind of like that, you91裸聊视频檙e sitting there and then your head is just right kind of like flush with the roof of the TAV.91裸聊视频�

Kuharski has been a police officer since 2002 and was an ERT member from 2008 to 2021 in the Lower Mainland, based out of Surrey.

He backed the TAV off of the lawn and down the street to a place he could pull the heavy hatch closed, 91裸聊视频渏ust to give myself a little bit more of ballistic protection,91裸聊视频� before returning to the front lawn.

91裸聊视频淚 continued the broadcasts over the PA. I advised Randy that he was under arrest for pointing a firearm at a police officer. I continued to tell him that we needed to talk to him. We told him to call 911, asked him to come out, asked anyone inside to come out, told him, told Nona that we needed her to come out and just kind of went through that narrative.91裸聊视频�

Kuharski said he91裸聊视频檇 received a broadcast on his phone earlier, 91裸聊视频渢hat there had been shots fired and that they91裸聊视频檇 heard a female screaming and that ERT was required.91裸聊视频� After scoping out the scene, he thought the best position would be on the front lawn, where he activated the TAV91裸聊视频檚 emergency lights and sirens and did a broadcast on the 91裸聊视频渓oud-hailer.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 told Randy over the PA system that it was the police, that he was under arrest for failing to comply with his release conditions, that we had a warrant for his arrest and that he needed to exit the house. I told him to do this, come out the front door with his hands in the air, and continued to broadcast that.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t would be repetitious,91裸聊视频� he told the inquest.

91裸聊视频淚 remember from inside the TAV hearing yelling, a male91裸聊视频檚 voice 91裸聊视频� or it sounded like a male91裸聊视频檚 voice to me. It91裸聊视频檚 hard when you91裸聊视频檙e inside that vehicle, it91裸聊视频檚 obviously very heavy metal, it91裸聊视频檚 hard to hear what91裸聊视频檚 exactly being said, but I remember hearing someone yelling from outside which wasn91裸聊视频檛 us,91裸聊视频� Kuharski said.

Eventually he was asked to 91裸聊视频渙pen91裸聊视频� the front door of the house with a battering ram mounted on the front of the TAV, but he couldn91裸聊视频檛 get close enough.

The inquest began April 16 in Burnaby at Coroners91裸聊视频� Court on the 20th floor of Metrotower II with coroner Margaret Janzen presiding. It91裸聊视频檚 expected to run for two weeks, with a jury of four women and a man hearing testimony.