A memorial for the man that was shot by Quesnel RCMP earlier this week has been steadily growing.
The RCMP gave a statement saying that they were checking out a man sleeping inside a brown Jeep Cherokee that was parked near the Quesnel Seniors centre at around 3:30 in the morning on August 31st when the man awoke and allegedly reached for a gun before he was killed by the officers.
The windshield and the driver’s side rear door had combined to leave more than a dozen bullet holes in the Cherokee, which has since been taken away by a tow truck.
BC’s Police Watchdog is currently in the midst of investigating whether the shooting was justified or not. People in jackets that made it clear that they were part of the Independent Investigations Office were seen constantly around the scene yesterday.
This agency is currently asking that anyone who witnessed the shooting to call them at 1-855-446-8477 or let them know via their website at iiobc.ca.
Original Story from Quesnel Cariboo Observer
This was the love of my life, he came to grab me from the okanagan and for some reason that I don’t understand I didn’t leave with him, I was talking to him the hours prior to this happening. I know Dave very well and I know that he wouldn’t of been reaching for anything of the sports. What the cops did is the most fucked up shit ever. Now his family myself and his two boys have to live and grow up without him. It hurts with every breath I take. Like over a dozen shits from the front and back that’s fucking over kill all is showing is that this was all set up. You don’t come at some one from the front and the back just out of the blue you have to set it up to do that like if they think people are that stupid that they can’t figure that out then the pigs have a real problem. Something had to be done this can’t be left unheard. Dave can’t for for nothing as humans we got to make sure that his life being taking means something we can’t let the pigs get away with it again. We need to speak up we need to make a stand. Not just for Dave but for every person that this sorry of thing has happened to… R.I.P David Baker love you forever and always I’ll be with you again someday. Xoxoxo