Prosecutor seeks maximum fine against RCMP in deadly 2014 Moncton shooting spree
MONCTON, N.B. — The wife of the last Mountie killed during a 2014 shooting rampage in Moncton, N.B., sent a clear message to the judge sentencing the RCMP on Labour Code violations Thursday: Her husband would still be alive if the force had better equipped its officers.
In a victim impact statement, Nadine Larche said the tragic outcome of the events of June 4, 2014, could have been dramatically different.
“I firmly believe that my husband, and the father of our three children, would still be alive today had he and his colleagues had the proper ‘tools’ to fight back better that fateful day,” she wrote.
Crown prosecutor Paul Adams asked the judge for the maximum penalty of $1 million. He said such a penalty would amount to “a clear declaration of disapproval” of RCMP conduct that left its officers outgunned.