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    B.C. Police Officer Charged With Second-degree Murder In Fatal Standoff

    The Canadian Press , 20 Oct, 2014 11:42 AM
      VICTORIA - A Vancouver-area police officer has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a standoff outside a casino two years ago.
       
      B.C.'s criminal justice branch says the charge was approved against Const. Jordan MacWilliams of the Delta Police Department.
       
      Forty-eight-year-old Mehrdad Bayrami was shot in November 2012 after an hours-long standoff in the parking lot of the Starlight Casino, located in nearby New Westminster.
       
      Bayrami, who was from Richmond, died several days later.
       
      The province's Independent Investigations Office forwarded a report to Crown counsel in July of last year, though prosecutors subsequently requested more information.
       
      The criminal justice branch says MacWilliams appeared in court today and was released on bail, with his next date set for Dec. 18.
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