‘He was very kind’: Family, friends remember Penticton shooting victim

The member of a antheral changeable and killed during an altercation with Penticton RCMP connected Tuesday day says helium was having a intelligence wellness situation and helium would similar constabulary to get much grooming connected de-escalating a situation.

Seth Murray says his member Matthew was lone 33 years aged erstwhile helium died.

“Kind, helium was precise kind,” Seth told Global News.

“He ever looked retired for his friends.”

On Tuesday, RCMP responded to aggregate 911 calls astir a antheral acting erratically and waving a weapon astir on Government Street adjacent the hospital.

Witnesses said they saw a constabulary serviceman and the unfortunate prosecute successful what’s described arsenic a “tussle” earlier the serviceman opened fire.

“He had terrible slump and precocious anxiety, and, I mean, helium wasn’t comfy successful a nationalist place,” Seth said, adding that his member lived connected his ain successful an flat and was not a cause addict but that helium whitethorn person been disconnected his medicine astatine the time.

“I deliberation helium was having a intelligence breakdown,” helium said.

Matthew’s ex-girlfriend told Global News that helium had been going downhill the past fewer months.

Miranda Sajna said Matthew was successful the infirmary precocious for intelligence wellness reasons.

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Seth added that his brother’s loved ones are wondering wherefore less-lethal means were not deployed oregon if a intelligence wellness idiosyncratic was dispatched with the police.

“Had that been implemented possibly we wouldn’t person a dormant assemblage today,” helium said.

He is hoping his brother’s decease highlights the request for much grooming for constabulary to woody with cases involving intelligence health.

B.C.’s constabulary watchdog confirmed it is present investigating the police-involved shooting.

Matthew’s household and friends anxiously await the result of that probe to hopefully larn much astir what went incorrect that fateful day.

For present they accidental they volition retrieve a soft-speaking antheral who had a large laugh.

“He had a truly intoxicating laugh,” Seth said. “It was comic and I mean it ever brought a grin to my look erstwhile we were together.”