Montreal police officer charged with manslaughter in 2016 death
MONTREAL — A Montreal police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a man in a drug raid last year.
Christian Gilbert hit Bony Jean-Pierre in the head with a plastic bullet as the man was trying to clamber out of a window in the building where the police operation was taking place.
Jean-Pierre fell from the window and suffered further injuries when he hit the ground on March 31, 2016.
He was declared dead in hospital.