The B.C. Coroners Service will hold an inquest next year into the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Chase de Balinhard in Surrey on February 9. The Independent Investigations Office cleared the RCMP officers involved, who responded to a 911 call from de Balinhard, who threatened self-harm while brandishing a replica firearm. The inquest, a mandatory process for deaths involving law enforcement, aims to establish facts and make recommendations but does not assign fault. A presiding coroner and jury will hear evidence, though the exact date for the inquest is yet to be determined.
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