Woman shot by RCMP faces 13 charges, including firing airsoft gun at police
A 25-year-old woman from Nova Scotia faces 13 charges related to a Jan. 5 shooting in Dieppe.
Morgan Maryanne Connors of Windmill Road in Dartmouth appeared in Moncton court via conference call from hospital on Tuesday.
She faces charges that include pointing an airsoft gun at two people, pointing the airsoft gun at RCMP Const. Pierre-Alexandre Roy, possession of brass knuckles, shooting the airsoft gun at Cpl. Stephane Pare-Lemire during her arrest, uttering death threats, dangerous driving, and possession of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
Airsoft guns fire plastic or resin pellets and can resemble actual firearms but have less power.
Police said earlier that emergency crews responded to Adélard-Savoie Boulevard, where a single vehicle went off the road into a wooded area around 2:25 p.m. on Jan. 5.
RCMP allege the woman fired at Dieppe firefighters and paramedics who arrived at the crash scene near the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport. When police arrived, the woman "continued threatening actions," police said in a news release Tuesday.
An RCMP member shot the woman, leaving her with unspecified injuries. The woman remains in hospital.
Mario Cormier, the Crown prosecutor on the case, said the woman has been remanded until Friday for a bail hearing.
Cormier said the woman told the court she had spoken to legal aid.
Two investigations
Two investigations of the incident are underway.
The RCMP New Brunswick major crime unit and Codiac Regional RCMP are carrying out an investigation of the crash.
New Brunswick RCMP requested the Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team conduct a review of police actions.
The independent group investigates matters that involve death, serious injury, sexual assault and domestic violence or other issues of significant public interest that may have arisen from the actions of a police officer in Nova Scotia. Sometimes it carries out investigations in other provinces.
Ron Legere with the Serious Incident Response Team told Radio-Canada the investigation is focusing on the Mountie's actions that led to the woman's injuries.
