Canada, 13 August 2007

Paul Boyd, 39 Year Old (Age Of Death)

While in his 20s, Boyd was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an illness for which he received constant and usually effective treatment. He lived with this illness for almost 20 years. He was shot and killed on August 13, 2007, by a police officer, Lee Chipperfield, in Vancouver. A video recorded by tourists showed Boyd being shot nine times after wielding what was believed to be a bicycle chain, but other witnesses state it was a chain of paperclips, at officers who came to respond to a disturbance involving him. The ninth shot that struck Boyd was fired as he was on the ground, resembling an execution. Chipperfield had to return to work the next day. The use of force was criticized by many of Boyd's colleagues and relatives.