The incident occurred in a retail mall lot near St. Laurent Boulevard and Montreal Road on Dec. 3.
The 56-year-old man had been identified as a suspect by the Ontario Provincial Police’s Hawkesbury detachment. Tracking of his cellphone revealed he was at the mall near St. Laurent Boulevard and Montreal Road in Ottawa’s east end on the afternoon of Dec. 3.
The police officers broke the driver’s-side window, discharged a conducted energy weapon — commonly called a Taser — and removed the man from the truck to start first aid. Emergency medical service personnel arrived and transported the man to The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus, where his wound was sutured and he was admitted under the Mental Health Act.Article content
The suspect and two officers who were subjects of the SIU investigation declined interviews, as was their right, but the agency did interview two other officers and a civilian witness who took five photos and recorded what Friday’s report described as a good-quality video lasting two minutes and 38 seconds.engaged in the lawful execution of their duties. They had information from the OPP that the complainant was suicidal and wanted for domestic assault.
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