Posted on 07/17/2020 7:35:29 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after officers fatally shot a 73-year-old man in Haliburton County on Wednesday morning.
The man had refused to wear a mask and allegedly assaulted a grocery store employee before driving away, Ontario Provincial Police say.
Police were called to a Valu-Mart in Minden, Ont., just after 8 a.m., OPP Sgt. Jason Folz said.
Officers tried to stop the suspect's car, but they refrained "in the interest of public safety" before doing a follow-up investigation, Folz said.
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the man drove away, and an officer saw the car and started following it for a short while. Based on the licence plate, officers made their way to a home on Indian Point Road, the SIU said.
2 officers fire guns, says SIU
Outside the home there was an "interaction," and two police officers fired their guns, the SIU said.
Folz said that after shots were fired, "additional resources" were brought to the area near Eagle Lake, by the village of Haliburton, about 215 kilometres northeast of Toronto.
The man was shot and taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m., the SIU said.
Folz said the victim was from the Eagle Lake area.
In a news release issued Thursday morning, the SIU said investigators had recovered a pistol and a semi-automatic rifle from the scene. The firearms of two police officers were also taken into evidence, the agency said.
Investigators are continuing to search the scene Thursday, the SIU said, and also making attempts to locate the man's next of kin.
A post-mortem examination is set to be conducted Friday morning. Four OPP officers have been designated witnesses to the shooting, and arrangements for interviews are underway, the SIU said.
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So? If the “interaction” had included guns on his part they would have said that. He was shot like a dog for not wearing a mask.
Sure he was.
Glad you agree.
Yes, and until further information is revealed I would say it's safe to say these guns were just found in the home and the victim was not armed. This is a standard police CYA PR tactic. Kill someone then search the premises for weapons then report a "gun was recovered at the scene" leading the readers to erroneously believe the person that was killed was armed. I'm not saying that is what happened here but It's most likely the explanation.
Bottom line. Once again our police have managed to escalate a trivial matter to the use of deadly force.
We need more facts but this was almost certainly a completely unnecessary death.
I can hear it now. Here come the posts "if he would have just worn a mask he wouldn't be dead", bla bla bla
an "interaction" ? So where is the justification for deadly force? If we "interact" with the police is it to be expected to be shot and killed?
Where is the body cam footage? Were they unexpectedly turned off or malfunctioned?
Was this guy armed when he was killed?
What circumstance did this guy present to the officers that justified killing him?
They must be learning from us.
Masks are used to protect yourself...not to protect others, according to Dr. Fauci, the mad scientist.
Was this guy armed when he was killed?
What circumstance did this guy present to the officers that justified killing him?
None of us know yet so we can't say he was killed for not wearing a mask.
We’re getting these stories every day...dead because he didn’t want to wear a mask...
but what we DO points clearly to the fact he was killed for not wearing a mask. If you discover additional info suggesting otherwise I’m sure you’ll let us know.
Revised headline should be “Ontario police assassinate private citizen for not wearing a mask”
Not unheard of in Canada. Police tazed a Polish fellow in the Vancouver airport to death for no probable cause.
Americans should know that Canadian police have no accountability whatsoever. No oversight committees or organizations. The closet they have is Parliament itself, which is too slow and cumbersome.
Stores should have a supply of masks on hand for such circumstances when a customer forgets his/her mask.
Add $2.00 to the purchase, for chrissakes.
No reason for a senior citizen to be treated like an effing felon...especially when many that age lose their inner filter in interacting with nonsensical authority.
OLM
Old Lives Matter
...or not.
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