Public inquest into death of man during violent confrontation with Vancouver police set to begin

A public inquiry into the death of a man who was killed during a violent encounter with as many as nine Vancouver police officers is set to begin Monday — proceedings that could see the officers publicly answer questions for the first time in more than seven years about what happened.

The coroner’s inquest is examining the death of Myles Gray, 33, who died during a confrontation with police in a Burnaby, B.C., backyard on Aug. 13, 2015.

Gray’s injuries were so severe an autopsy couldn’t determine exactly how he died. Police were the only people who saw what transpired in the minutes leading up to Gray’s death but refused to co-operate with

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