WINNIPEG -- An inquest has been called into the shooting death of an aboriginal man by Winnipeg police five years ago.
Craig McDougall was shot by police on Aug. 2, 2008, after they say he refused to drop a knife.
But some witnesses said the 26-year-old man didn't have a knife, just a cellphone.
McDougall was also zapped with a Taser electronic stun gun.
At the time of the shooting Manitoba native leaders asked the province to hold a public inquiry into McDougall's death, but that request was denied.
Holding an inquest into deaths involving police is mandatory.
