Jury in Coroner’s Inquest Says Myles Gray’s Death Was a Homicide

Melissa Gray (L) is embraced by her husband Mike Easson after speaking about her brother, Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner's inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on April 17, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)

The jury in the British Columbia coroner’s inquest into the police beating of Myles Gray has found his death was a homicide, but coroner Larry Marzinzik said the term doesn’t imply fault or blame.

Gray, who was 33, died in August 2015 after a beating by Vancouver police that left him with injuries including ruptured testicles and fractures in his eye socket, nose, voice box and rib.

The five-member jury began deliberating Monday at the end of 11 days of testimony about the 33-year-old man’s death in August 2015.

They recommended that the Vancouver Police Department expedite its use of body-worn cameras for all officers, and that it review and enhance the crisis de-escalation and containment training that its officers receive.