A coroner’s inquest is set to begin today into the case of a man shot dead a year ago by Vancouver police officers in the Downtown Eastside.
48-year-old Darrell Elroy Barnes was fatally shot by an officer last July at Powell Street and Gore Avenue.
Witnesses say they saw him run at a group of police holding a machete.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team took over the case, and later said officers first fired at Barnes with a bean-bag gun before shooting him dead.
But they said they couldn’t discuss how many times the bean-bag gun was fired, or if any of the rounds hit him.
The public inquest does not try to find anyone responsible in a death, but makes recommendations aimed at preventing similar incidents.
It’s set to take place at Coroner’s Court in Burnaby until Friday.
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