Open in full screen mode Afolabi Stephen Opaso, 19 years old and a student from Nigeria, was shot and killed by Winnipeg police last Sunday. Radio-Canada Speech synthesis, based on artificial intelligence, makes it possible to generate spoken text from written text.< /p> The family of Afolabi Stephen Opaso, who was shot and killed by police in Winnipeg on Sunday, is searching for answers. The deceased was an international student from Nigeria at the University of Manitoba. The Winnipeg Police Service says the incident occurred at an apartment on University Crescent shortly before 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Police officers received a call regarding a man behaving erratically. Upon arrival, officers encountered a man who was armed with two knives. An officer shot him. Taken to hospital in critical condition, the 19-year-old man succumbed to his injuries. According to his family, Afolabi Stephen Opaso was going through a mental health crisis at the time of the incident. Loading ELSE ON INFO: A holiday season which ends under the sign of evictions and housing repossessions The first thing to do is to know if the shot was necessary, because if it was a matter of disarming the person, was the shot necessary ?, asks Jean-René Dominique Kwilu, a lawyer who is in contact with the family and assists them. Mr. Kwilu said it was not immediately clear what prompted the police to shoot the young man. At this point, what's shocking is getting to this fatal gunshot, he says.< /p> The Winnipeg Police Service says the Independent Investigation Unit (IIU) has been informed of the situation and an investigation has been initiated open. As soon as there is a death [the investigation] is no longer our responsibility, Danny Smyth said, adding that police did not know much about the deceased man. I think we had contact with him last July, where we helped him by accompanying him. He has no other history with us, and certainly no criminal record, emphasizes Danny Smyth. Police said two other people, a 19-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man, were present and appeared to know the victim. For the moment, the police indicate, it is still impossible to specify whether the man killed was a resident or a visitor to the apartment. The call to the police was made by a person in the suite, police maintain, adding that it was not This is not a hostage taking. It is not yet possible to indicate whether the victim had attacked the police, says the Winnipeg Police Service. The other two people who were in the suite are safe and sound and are now considered witnesses, says Danny Smyth. According to Winnipeg police data, there were six officer-involved shootings in 2022, three of which resulted in deaths. In addition, this is the second shooting involving a police officer in Winnipeg in a week. Last Thursday, a man was shot and killed by police during a hostage situation in the West Broadway neighborhood. M. Smyth said the two incidents were different events and circumstances. It is clear that' There is no connection between the two, but we answer thousands of calls every week and we make do with what we have, he maintains. With information from Özten Shebahkeget
A holiday season which ends under the sign of evictions and housing repossessions
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116