First nations groups call for inquiry into shooting death of man by RCMP

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the White Bear First Nation are calling for a public inquiry into the RCMP shooting of 21-year-old man. The jury at last week's coroner's inquest into the 2008 death of Kenneth Chase Wilfred Standingready-McKay ruled his death was a type of suicide, commonly referred to as "suicide-by-police." Mr. Standingready-McKay was fatally shot by an RCMP officer, who was responding to a domestic dispute complaint on the White Bear First Nation near Carlyle, about 200 kilo-metres southeast of Regina. "We find it hard to comprehend that it was a suicide," said White Bear First Nation Chief Brian Standingready. "Chase McKay was running away from an RCMP officer with a gun in his hand." Federation Vice-Chief Morley Watson the coroner's inquest has raised more questions that need answers -- the types of answers that can be found only during a public inquiry.