THOMPSON, Man. — The manslaughter trial of an RCMP officer in northern Manitoba has been told the Mountie was in pain and had difficulty walking following an on-duty shooting that left one man dead.
Const. Abram Letkeman is on trial for the 2015 death of Steven Campbell, who was behind the wheel of a Jeep that the officer had tried to pull him over for erratic driving.
At the time, police said the Jeep came to a stop after a brief chase and when Letkeman approached the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated and struck the officer, prompting him to fire his gun.
Cpl. Michael Lewis, an officer who attended the scene after the shooting, testified that when he arrived Letkeman was hobbling and hopping on one leg.
Another officer, Const. Greg Oke, also told the trial that Letkeman had great difficulty walking.
Campbell's girlfriend earlier testified that he did not have his hands on the steering wheel when bullets came through the front windshield.