More Vancouver police officers to testify today at inquest into Myles Gray's death

Several Vancouver police officers involved in the death of an unarmed man in Burnaby, B.C., are expected to take the stand on Wednesday at a coroner’s inquest.

Myles Gray, 33, died in a wooded backyard on Joffre Avenue near Marine Drive in August 2015 after a violent encounter with as many as nine Vancouver police officers.

Two people had called police after Gray had wandered into the neighbourhood, swore at a woman and sprayed a garden hose at her as she watered plants outside her co-op building. 

On Tuesday, Const. Hardeep Sahota became the first member of the force to speak publicly about the case in more than seven years.

Sahota, the first officer to interact with Gray at the scene, told the inquest that

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