No charges for OPP officers after man shot to death in April

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No charges for OPP officers after man shot to death in April

Postby Thomas » Fri Dec 10, 2021 6:18 am

No charges for OPP officers after man shot to death in April north of Colborne

The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has cleared two officers of any potential wrongdoing following the death of a 43-year-old man in a shooting north of Colborne in April.

The SIU director, Joseph Martino, says in a statement there is “no reasonable grounds to believe that two Ontario Provincial Police officers committed a criminal offence in connection with the shooting death.”

According to the SIU, the death occurred on April 6, when police responded to a 911 call "relating to the man’s aggressive behaviour on the roadway at County Road 25 and Tobacco Road.”

The SIU says at 10:15 a.m. on April 6, officers were dispatched after someone reported a man was sitting in his parked car and yelling at people.

“The man had threatened motorists and assaulted a driver,” reads the SIU’s Dec. 7 statement. “Once police arrived, he threatened an officer. The man retrieved a baseball bat and advanced on the officers, striking a police cruiser with the bat.”

“The man then entered a pickup truck and drove at the cruisers. Following a brief pursuit, the man’s truck was forced into a ditch by a police vehicle. The man exited the vehicle and ignored officers’ repeated commands to drop the bat,” the statement continues. “He continued towards an officer and was shot four times by the officer. Another officer, at about the same time, discharged a firearm at the man once.”

“Officers administered first aid and paramedics attended. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.”

Earlier the SIU was quoted as saying three investigators and three forensic investigators were assigned to the case.

As a result of the investigation, the SIU says the file has been closed.

“Director Martino concluded that there was insufficient evidence to reasonably believe that either subject official acted without legal justification when they shot at the man,” concludes the statement.

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