Retired judge questions RCMP probe of fatal Newfoundland police shooting
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A retired judge hired to independently observe an RCMP probe into the police shooting of Don Dunphy contradicted his own report Wednesday, saying he now believes the investigation was biased.
“To me, they weren’t pursuing this as diligently as I would have thought,” David Riche told a public inquiry into the shooting at the man’s Newfoundland home.
Riche said his own official report on the investigation — which said the probe was fair and thorough — is mistaken.
He said he was also wrong to indicate Dunphy pointed a rifle at Const. Joe Smyth of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary just before Smyth fatally shot him Easter Sunday 2015.