Police Shooting Victim Bled to Death
By 250 News
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:54 AM
Williams Lake, B.C.- The Coroner’s inquest into the death of Donald Lewis has been told Lewis weighed 63.2 kgs, or 139 .3 pounds fully clothed. He was 5’4” tall, and was described by forensic Pathologist, Dr. McNaughton from Kamloops, as a man who was fit, but not a body builder.
When asked by Counsel for the family, Cameron Ward, if Lewis would have survived had there been immediate medical care after he had been shot by RCMP Constable Cole Brewer, Dr. McNaughton answered, “I think so.” McNaughton testified that he believed Lewis had survived somewhere between 15 minutes to an hour.
Dr. McNaughton also testified Lewis’s body had numerous bruises and lacerations which could be consistent with being hit with a baton, a gun butt or a fist.
McNaughton says Lewis suffered a single gun shot wound to the left chest, and died from a loss of blood.
The inquest into the RCMP shooting death of Donald Lewis continues.
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