Jurors at a coroner's inquest are hearing how Saskatoon police stormed a rooming house to rescue two women trapped in a top floor suite with an armed suspect in the basement.

"There were innocent people in the house," Const. Cy Bray testified Tuesday.

"That triggered the entry."

Bray is part of the police tactical unit that fatally shot 36-year-old Ronnie Glen Herman on Oct. 27, 2022, in a house at 1344 Avenue E North. A coroner's inquest at Court of King's Bench is examining the circumstances of the shooting.

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Bray described how the situation escalated at the house when officers arrived.

Police had been searching for Herman all day. He was supposed to be living under house arrest in La Loche, with

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