New Brunswick police officer who fatally shot Chantel Moore won't be charged

The Edmundston Police Force officer who fatally shot Chantel Moore in New Brunswick last year won’t face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Monday. 

The Public Prosecutions Service of New Brunswick said in a news release there was no reasonable prospect of a conviction based on the evidence.

The 26-year-old from Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation in British Columbia was shot by an officer during a wellness check on June 4, 2020.

The release said the officer believed Moore was using force or the threat of

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