CP NewsAlert: B.C. man feared a ‘hit’ on him before he and family died, inquest hears

By Canadian Press on February 2, 2026.

A police officer testifying at an inquest into the death of a couple and their two children in Prince Rupert, B.C., in 2023 says the father believed he would be the target of a “hit.”

RCMP Const. Jason Kettle is testifying at the inquest into the deaths of Christopher Duong, Janet Nguyen and their sons, aged two and four.

A notice of civil claim filed by B.C.’s director of civil forfeiture in 2015 describes Duong as a “violent gang member and drug trafficker” who was well known to police, with a history of weapons offences.

More coming.

Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press

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