The SIU has cleared a Collingwood OPP officer of any wrong-doing in connection with a man’s shooting death.
It says OPP officers were called about a man in distress at a home on Third Street on September 9th of last year, when the man barricaded himself inside a residence.
Shortly after they arrived, the SIU says the man exited the residence with a shotgun, so police repeatedly told him to drop the weapon, and deployed a taser with no success.
The man then pointed the shotgun in one officer’s direction, who discharged his firearm at the man, who was struck by 8 out of 11 rounds and later pronounced dead in hospital.
SIU Director Joseph Martino concluded that the officer acted to defend a threat of imminent death to himself and others, so there was no basis for proceeding with criminal charges and the file has been closed.
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No Charges to Issue After Police Fatally Shot Man in Collingwood Standoff
News Release: https://t.co/yQJ6WJcqMN @OPP_CR— Special Investigations Unit (@SIUOntario) September 7, 2021