Police on Haida Gwaii arrest man in suspected hit-and-run homicide

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 25, 2025 6:07 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Police connected Haida Gwaii person made an apprehension successful what constabulary judge was a targeted hit-and-run on the day of April 22.

The victim, Luke Pearson, was struck by a conveyance successful the 200 artifact of Front Street successful Skidegate and died aboriginal of his injuries.

A 32-year-old Skidegate antheral has been arrested, according to Daajing Giids RCMP.

Pearson, who was Haida, was identified arsenic kind, generous and caring in a connection released by the Council of the Haida Nation.

The connection urges residents to connection enactment to Pearson's household and to stock information with police.

The Skidegate Band Council imposed a curfew connected each Skidegate Indian Reserves from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on the time Pearson was killed, citing an "emergency situation."

In the clip betwixt the clang and the arrest, assemblage members took to societal media, questioning the RCMP's handling of the case.

In a statement, Daajing Giids RCMP Detachment Commander Sgt. Chris Manseau says astatine nary clip did constabulary consciousness determination was a greater hazard to the community.

RCMP accidental residents tin expect to spot an other constabulary beingness successful the assemblage for the adjacent fewer days arsenic the probe continues.