Ottawa police officer was released by Siu after shooting the man who wore the hat

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The Police guardian in the province deleted a police officer in Ottawa of any offense in an Orléans incident in which an The 33 -year -old man was shot and cut.

The special investigation unit (SIU) and invoked the mandate after the Ottawa Police Service reported a Police -involved shootings It took place on November 15 in a area of ​​St. Joseph’s Boulevard and placed D’Arléans Drive.

At 11:12 pm that Friday night, several 911 appellants reported that a man tried to enter several vehicles and attack people. A caller said that the man was armed with a hat and shattered two windows at a nearby restaurant.

“A woman called 911 to report that she and her husband were attacked while driving a restaurant,” the report said. “A man hit her husband’s hand and caused serious wounds on her face and head, which led to significant blood loss.”

Three officers arrived at the scene in a few minutes, with one of the officers heading in the restaurant to talk to the employee before leaving and removing their weapon, pointing to the south, proves that Siu consulted.

The accused, who was still holding the hat in a hand and a knife in the other, began to run to the officer. The report notes that the officer “repeatedly” told the man to give up his weapons, but he continued before.

The officer shot the man when he was five meters away, but this did not fully slow the accused who, while the dragging was holding the hat.

The other two officers arrived and told the man to throw his weapon again. When the suspect refused, the officers carried out the tasers, allowing him to hit the hat and handcuffed the man.

He was transported to the hospital with shot wounds. Four other people also suffered wounds following the incident.

The director of SIU, Joseph Martino, found “no reasonable reason” to believe that an officer committed an offense in this incident.