ESTEVAN - A GoFundMe campaign is underway to help an Estevan couple whose home was damaged earlier in April.
Maureen Curtis posted the campaign. She and her husband were displaced from the residence after it was teargassed by police.
"We are unable to set foot in our home and have been living in a hotel," Curtis wrote.
Nine tear gas cannisters were fired into their home. Windows and doors have to be replaced. Gyproc and floors were also damaged.
Insurance will only cover $5,000 of the estimated $30,000 cost needed to get the residence cleaned so that the couple can live there again. The projected $30,000 expense doesn't include the smashed windows and kicked-in doors.
She noted the damage occurred during the apprehension of a man accused of crimes who had barricaded himself in their home.
"The funds will be put towards clean up and the start of repairing our lives," she wrote.
As of Sunday afternoon, the campaign had raised $2,600 of its $30,000 goal, with 12 donors thus far.She noted that many people have supported them during this time, and she and her husband are grateful.
An RCMP warrant entry team entered the Curtis' home early on April 9 to arrest the Curtis' son, William Joshua Curtis, who had been involved in a shooting at a neighbour's residence the night before that resulted in the neighbour being taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. He is facing 10 charges, including attempted murder, and remains remanded in custody in Regina.
William Joshua Curtis' parents were not in the residence when he was barricaded inside or when the RCMP team entered.
