Inquiry into 2014 police shooting death to be held; date not yet known
MEDICINE HAT, AB — A public fatality inquiry will be held in the case of a 2014 police shooting involving a member of the Medicine Hat Police Service.
According to the public fatality inquiry schedule on the Government of Alberta’s website, an inquiry into the death of Christopher Arkell, 50, has been added to the schedule, though a date and location has not been set.
Arkell was shot and killed by a Medicine Hat Police officer on March 22, 2014 following a standoff at a rural property just outside of the Medicine Hat city limits.