The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) wants an independent investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of Geoff Morris on Saturday.
“We have seen officers investigating their fellow officers and we all know how those investigations turn out,” FSIN Vice Chief Dutch Lerat said in a news release.
“We are calling on the Regina Police Service to allow for an outside and independent oversight body to be a part of this investigation. We have been calling for this for years and these senseless police-related deaths keep happening.”
The Regina police say it is the first death in a officer-involved shooting since 1998 in the city. Another man was shot and injured by an officer in 2008.
Morris, 41, was shot and killed by an officer during an alleged hostage taking situation early Saturday.
Crisis negotiators and the SWAT team were on scene, and Regina police Chief Evan Bray said police tried to de-escalate the situation between the time of the response and the time the man was shot. Police would not specify the length of the interaction.
The FSIN Special Investigations Unit is looking into the matter.