Quebec Coroner Investigates Case of Teen Shot Dead by Provincial Police in 2018

Quebec Coroner Investigates Case of Teen Shot Dead by Provincial Police in 2018
Tracy Wing, mother of Riley Fairholm, responds to a question as Cesur Celik, father of Koray Kevin Celik, looks on during a news conference in Montreal on Sept. 16, 2019. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson
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A coroner’s inquest is underway in the death of a Quebec teen who was killed by provincial police four years ago while he was allegedly holding an air pistol.

Riley Fairholm, 17, was shot dead in the early morning of July 25, 2018, in a parking lot of an abandoned restaurant in Lac-Brome, Que., about an hour southeast of Montreal.