Don Dunphy’s daughter told a judicial inquiry Monday that she doesn’t believe the police officer who fatally shot her father is telling the truth about what happened on Easter Sunday, 2015.
Meghan Dunphy is suggesting her father reached for a stick that he often carried for protection, and that Const. Joe Smyth, of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC), mistook it for a gun and then shot him.
“That’s what I don’t understand. There’s no reason for my father to take a gun. He would have picked up his stick not a gun,” said Meghan.
Judge Leo Barry asked Meghan if she believes Smyth manipulated evidence after the shooting. She responded “Yes,” and suggested Smyth may have placed the gun beside her father to cover up that he shot a man for reaching for a stick.
Following a break, Meagan’s lawyer Erin Breen asked her, “Would your father cooperate with a police officer if he was asked to produce firearms?” Meghan answered, “Yes.”