Daughter of man shot dead by Newfoundland police sues officer, force, province
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The daughter of a man shot and killed on Easter Sunday two years ago in his rural Newfoundland home is now suing the police officer who opened fire.
“The death of Donald Dunphy was caused by the wrongful act or neglect of Joseph Smyth,” says the unproven statement of claim filed by Meghan Dunphy.
The lawsuit also names as defendants the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and the Newfoundland and Labrador government for its role overseeing the force.
Const. Joe Smyth was a member of then-premier Paul Davis’s security team on April 5, 2015, when he went to Dunphy’s home in Mitchell’s Brook, N.L.