Family, police dispute imitation firearm in altercation death in Saskatoon hospital
Family, police dispute imitation firearm in altercation death in Saskatoon hospital

By Jeremy Simes  -CP-The family of a man who died in an altercation with hospital security in a Saskatoon hospital are challenging police reports that a fake firearm and drugs played a part in what happened. Saskatoon police said Monday that methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and an imitation firearm were found in the hospital room where 36-year-old Trevor Dubois died Friday. But Dubois’s niece Jayden Dubois and his mother Val Dubois told a news conference the firearm was a combination cigarette holder-lighter in bright pink and yellow colours. Val Dubois said the fake-firearm accusation from police hits like “a dagger.” “Trevor would never hurt anybody,” she said. “I just want answers. How did this happen?” The mother had a cigarette with her son the day before the altercation, and the lighter

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