Inquest date into death of Surrey teen Chase de Balinhard announced<\/p>\n
Published 10:27 am Thursday, October 29, 2026<\/p>\n
The B.C. The Coroners Service had announced an inquest will be held to examine the circumstances surrounding the death of Clayton Heights teen Chase de Balinhard.<\/p>\n
The inquest is set to begin Nov. 9 at the Burnaby Coroners\u2019 Court.<\/p>\n
Amber Schinkel, media relations for the B.C. Coroners Service (BCCS), issued a press release noting BCCS received a report advising them of the death of 15-year-old Chase de Balinhard. The report noted the death followed events involving members of the Surrey Police Service and the RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder Section 18(2) of the Coroners Act, inquests are mandatory for any deaths that occur while a person was detained by or in the custody of a peace officer,\u201d Schinkel noted in the release. \u201cA coroner\u2019s inquest is a non-fault-finding public inquiry that serves three primary functions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those functions are meant to: determine the facts related to a death, including the identity of the deceased and how, when, where, and by what means the individual came to their death, as well as a classification for the death; make recommendations, where appropriate and supported by evidence, to prevent deaths in similar circumstances; ensure public confidence that the circumstances surrounding the death of an individual will not be overlooked, concealed, or ignored.<\/p>\n
John Knox will be the presiding coroner.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe and a jury will hear evidence from witnesses under oath to determine the facts surrounding this death,\u201d Schinkel wrote. \u201cThe jury will have the opportunity to make recommendations, as outlined above, though a jury must not make any finding of legal responsibility or express any conclusion of law.\u201d<\/p>\n
BCCS noted it will livestream the inquest. This will be done to allow the general public and the media to virtually attend.<\/p>\n
Schinkel cautioned \u201creproduction, broadcasting and publishing of inquest proceedings is prohibited, including through social media, whether the inquest is attended in-person or virtually.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chase, who lived with autism and ADHD, left his home Feb. 9, 2025, with a pellet handgun and within minutes Chase called 911. Chase was shot by police a short time later.<\/p>\n
The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) released a report Dec. 4, 2025<\/a>, detailing a months-long investigation into the shooting death of the 15-year-old last Feb. 9 in Clayton Heights. IIO revealed that 911 dispatch said Chase told them he had a gun and was going to kill himself. Chase also told the dispatcher that he was autistic.<\/p>\n The inquest will be held at the Burnaby Coroners\u2019 Court Nov. 9 with proceedings starting at 9:30 a.m. The court is located on the 20th floor at 4720 Kingsway, Metrotower II, in Metrotown.<\/p>\n For more info on inquests<\/a>, access to the livestream<\/a>, or for more info on the BCCS, visit: gov.bc.ca\/coroners.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inquest date into death of Surrey teen Chase de Balinhard announced Published 10:27 am Thursday, October 29, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-950903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}