A Slaying in Slocan
The coroner’s inquest into the killing of Slocan man Peter DeGroot is over. What happens next?
Peter De Groot was killed by the RCMP in 2014 in a shooting that ended a stunning multi-day manhunt and left a lot of questions about how police handled the case. Nelson Star reporter Bill Metcalfe has covered the story and the inquest from the start. Metcalfe helps us understand the case’s complexities — and what happens now that the jury has made its rulings.