RCMP say review supports decision to lay no charges in fatal police shooting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The grieving daughter of Don Dunphy still doesn’t know why a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officer went alone to her father’s home on Easter Sunday 2015 for a meeting that turned deadly.
The Mounties said Tuesday an independent review supports their decision to lay no charges in the shooting of the 59-year-old man killed by a member of former premier Paul Davis’s security unit.
The Mounties did not release the full report or any recommendations.
But Meghan Dunphy, Don’s daughter, said in a statement that members of the civilian-led Alberta team which reviewed the RCMP probe told her in a verbal briefing Tuesday that evidence was lost due to police “errors” and “local inexperience.” Those mistakes weren’t enough, however, to undermine the outcome.