Breaking: SIU clears officers in killing of gunman who ‘ambushed’ Toronto cop amid three-city rampage
The Special Investigations Unit , the watchdog that probes deaths involving police in Ontario, said two Hamilton officers exchanged gunfire with Petrie inside Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard, near the off-ramp from Highway 403. Petrie died at the scene.
SIU Director Joseph Martino “determined the use of firearms by the officers constituted legally justified force given the circumstances,” the watchdog wrote“As there were no reasonable grounds to believe that any of the officers comported themselves other than within the limits of the criminal law when they fired at the man, there was no basis for proceeding with charges in this case. The file has been closed.
The shootings across multiple jurisdictions prompted a massive police response and a province-wide emergency alert about an active shooter.inside the Mississauga coffeeshop and was “waiting for someone in uniform” for nearly two hours before shooting him at close range and unsuccessfully trying to steal his handgun.
Petrie then shot another man in the stomach, stole his black SUV, and drove to his former workplace, MK auto repairs, where he killed Ashraf, a 38-year-old father of two, and Singh, a 28-year-old who’d been working part-time at the autobody shop. One other person was injured. Police have said Petrie had been living out of his car at the time of the shooting rampage and had a lengthy criminal record.for charges including weapons, drugs, gangs, assault, robbery and more.
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