Two-and-a-half years after her son Hudson in South Surrey, Jennifer Brooks has learned that one officer has been charged.

It91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渁 huge accomplishment,91裸聊视频� Brooks told Peace Arch News Tuesday morning, following a meeting with Crown Counsel. 91裸聊视频淚 wanted charges.91裸聊视频�

BC Prosecution Service confirmed Surrey RCMP Const. Elizabeth Cucheran has been charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the July 18, 2015 incident.

The charges were sworn Tuesday morning; Cucheran91裸聊视频檚 first court appearance is set for Jan. 9 in Surrey Provincial Court.

Brooks that a decision on charges had been made, and told PAN she was 91裸聊视频減raying91裸聊视频� it would be the outcome she and others have been calling for.

Outside the Crown office Tuesday, Brooks expressed her gratitude to the community and media.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 so grateful 91裸聊视频� I91裸聊视频檓 grateful to you all. We could not have done this without each and every one of you.91裸聊视频�

She also thanked Hudson for being 91裸聊视频渟uch a wonderful son91裸聊视频� He didn91裸聊视频檛 deserve this.91裸聊视频�

Hudson Brooks was 20 when he died on July 18, 2015, after what police initially described as a physical struggle outside of the South Surrey RCMP detachment, in the 1800-block of 152 Street. The altercation also resulted in an officer being transported to hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

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nly police-issued firearms were found at the scene.

Over time, Jennifer Brooks learned that her son had been shirtless and unarmed at the time, and that he was shot at close range.

In October of last year, the Independent Investigations Office announced that a report would be filed to Crown counsel 91裸聊视频渇or consideration of charges91裸聊视频� against one or more officers in connection with Brooks91裸聊视频� death.

On the one-year anniversary of , his mother told PAN the wait has been 91裸聊视频渟uch agony.91裸聊视频�

The news release issued by BC Prosecution Service Tuesday morning said charges were approved following a complete review of evidence by senior Crown counsel.

91裸聊视频淭he investigation and charge assessment process were protracted due, in part, to the complexities of the evidentiary issues in the case and the requirement for further investigation and analysis,91裸聊视频� the release states.

Jennifer Brooks said she now understands why the process took so long.

91裸聊视频淐rown counsel took this very, very seriously,91裸聊视频� Brooks commented. 91裸聊视频淚t took a long, long time. There was a lot of evidence and they had to decipher through everything.91裸聊视频�

Brother Beaudry Brooks, 24, said he was 91裸聊视频渞elieved91裸聊视频� to hear charges were laid in his sibling91裸聊视频檚 death, but that he believes the officer 91裸聊视频減robably should have been charged higher.91裸聊视频�

Jennifer Brooks said she91裸聊视频檚 just happy to have charges, and that she hopes it will 91裸聊视频渕ake a difference in how police handle situations.91裸聊视频�

She does not, however, want to know what the accused looks like, and has said she will not share the officer91裸聊视频檚 name on social media, even though it is already public.

91裸聊视频淭hey have a family, too,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not on a witch hunt. I don91裸聊视频檛 think this woman walked out and said, 91裸聊视频業91裸聊视频檓 going to shoot and kill a boy today.91裸聊视频� It91裸聊视频檚 such a tragedy. There91裸聊视频檚 a no-win situation here, for our family and hers.91裸聊视频�

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