Two-and-a-half years after her son Hudson in South Surrey, Jennifer Brooks has learned that one officer has been charged.

It害羞草研究所檚 害羞草研究所渁 huge accomplishment,害羞草研究所� Brooks told Peace Arch News Tuesday morning, following a meeting with Crown Counsel. 害羞草研究所淚 wanted charges.害羞草研究所�

BC Prosecution Service confirmed Surrey RCMP Const. Elizabeth Cucheran has been charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the July 18, 2015 incident.

The charges were sworn Tuesday morning; Cucheran害羞草研究所檚 first court appearance is set for Jan. 9 in Surrey Provincial Court.

Brooks that a decision on charges had been made, and told PAN she was 害羞草研究所減raying害羞草研究所� it would be the outcome she and others have been calling for.

Outside the Crown office Tuesday, Brooks expressed her gratitude to the community and media.

害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 so grateful 害羞草研究所� I害羞草研究所檓 grateful to you all. We could not have done this without each and every one of you.害羞草研究所�

She also thanked Hudson for being 害羞草研究所渟uch a wonderful son害羞草研究所� He didn害羞草研究所檛 deserve this.害羞草研究所�

Hudson Brooks was 20 when he died on July 18, 2015, after what police initially described as a physical struggle outside of the South Surrey RCMP detachment, in the 1800-block of 152 Street. The altercation also resulted in an officer being transported to hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

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nly police-issued firearms were found at the scene.

Over time, Jennifer Brooks learned that her son had been shirtless and unarmed at the time, and that he was shot at close range.

In October of last year, the Independent Investigations Office announced that a report would be filed to Crown counsel 害羞草研究所渇or consideration of charges害羞草研究所� against one or more officers in connection with Brooks害羞草研究所� death.

On the one-year anniversary of , his mother told PAN the wait has been 害羞草研究所渟uch agony.害羞草研究所�

The news release issued by BC Prosecution Service Tuesday morning said charges were approved following a complete review of evidence by senior Crown counsel.

害羞草研究所淭he investigation and charge assessment process were protracted due, in part, to the complexities of the evidentiary issues in the case and the requirement for further investigation and analysis,害羞草研究所� the release states.

Jennifer Brooks said she now understands why the process took so long.

害羞草研究所淐rown counsel took this very, very seriously,害羞草研究所� Brooks commented. 害羞草研究所淚t took a long, long time. There was a lot of evidence and they had to decipher through everything.害羞草研究所�

Brother Beaudry Brooks, 24, said he was 害羞草研究所渞elieved害羞草研究所� to hear charges were laid in his sibling害羞草研究所檚 death, but that he believes the officer 害羞草研究所減robably should have been charged higher.害羞草研究所�

Jennifer Brooks said she害羞草研究所檚 just happy to have charges, and that she hopes it will 害羞草研究所渕ake a difference in how police handle situations.害羞草研究所�

She does not, however, want to know what the accused looks like, and has said she will not share the officer害羞草研究所檚 name on social media, even though it is already public.

害羞草研究所淭hey have a family, too,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 not on a witch hunt. I don害羞草研究所檛 think this woman walked out and said, 害羞草研究所業害羞草研究所檓 going to shoot and kill a boy today.害羞草研究所� It害羞草研究所檚 such a tragedy. There害羞草研究所檚 a no-win situation here, for our family and hers.害羞草研究所�

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