The SIU says the man was reportedly armed with an edged weapon when officers responded yesterday around 7:30 a.m. in Kirkland Lake, Ont.
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 66-year-old man was fatally shot by officers in the parking lot of a school in a northern town.
The Special Investigations Unit says the man was reportedly armed with an edged weapon when officers responded yesterday around 7:30 a.m. to the Kirkland Lake, Ont., school parking lot. The SIU says one officer shot the man and another fired a stun gun after the man refused to drop the weapon.The school’s social media account says the school was closed yesterday and today due to a police investigation.
The SIU, which is called to investigate when a person may have been killed or seriously injured by police, says it has assigned seven investigators to the case.
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