Inquest hears officer shot at teen because he believed other officers could get hurt
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WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg police officer who fatally shot a 16-year-old First Nations girl following a robbery and vehicle chase says there was nothing that could have trained him for that moment.
Const. Kyle Pradinuk told an inquest into the death of Eishia Hudson that it’s not common practice for an officer to shoot at a vehicle with an unknown number of occupants, but he believed the lives of his fellow officers were in danger.
Hudson was killed in 2020 after the vehicle she was driving was involved in a liquor store robbery and police chase.
Pradinuk was part of a group of officers who attempted to stop the vehicle at a Winnipeg intersection by deploying a tire deflation device before the vehicle crashed into a nearby truck.
He testified that he fired two shots at Eishia after he believed the vehicle was moving toward other officers.
The inquest is examining whether the use of force was appropriate and whether systemic racism played a role in the death because the suspects were identified as Indigenous.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 4, 2026.