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Wantke had been with ERT for four months at the time.

Rowe, the second officer to enter the room, fired his gun. He too recalled the terrifying scene, testifying Friday (April 19) during a coroner含羞草研究社檚 inquest into the deaths of Crosson and McEwan, 45, both killed by police during the March 29, 2019 hostage-taking in the Whalley house she rented.

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Urgency and stress were clear in Rowe含羞草研究社檚 voice as he recounted the horror.

Smoke and debris hung in the air from the strip charge police used to blast the bedroom door open. A stream of light shone through the window onto the bed. Crosson was 含羞草研究社渟eated up含羞草研究社� in the darkness at the corner of the bed, with McEwan on top of him, and he was holding her around her neck.

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Multiple rounds are going off. 含羞草研究社淚含羞草研究社檓 stuck on that corner of the bed, laying partially down against it.含羞草研究社�

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Rowe got pulled out of the room, taken out of the house through the front and to a vehicle. 含羞草研究社淚 don含羞草研究社檛 see what has happened and transpired within the room, I don含羞草研究社檛 know the status of Miss McEwan, Mr. Crosson or my teammates at that point.含羞草研究社�

Rowe said he fired two rounds. Asked how many gunshots he heard, Rowe told the inquest 含羞草研究社渄ozens, there was probably more than 30 rounds fired含羞草研究社� from different firearms.

A Surrey-based police watchdog 含羞草研究社� the Independent Investigations Office 含羞草研究社� in 2020 found the ERT blameless in the shooting deaths. The standoff saw roughly two dozen police vehicles, as well as an armoured vehicle, descend on the home in a cul-de-sac near 132A Street and 100A Avenue.

Both officers were asked if the phenomenon of sympathetic fire occurred, when officers shoot because others are. 含羞草研究社淣o, absolutely not,含羞草研究社� Wantke told the jury.

Rowe said he couldn含羞草研究社檛 speak to what the other officers did. 含羞草研究社淚 know what I saw and what I reacted to, I don含羞草研究社檛 know what their risk assessment was at that point or what they saw, so I can含羞草研究社檛 speak to that, no.含羞草研究社�

The inquest continues.