News Release
SIU Determines No Wrongdoing on Part of Officers in Relation to Suicide of Man in Killaloe
Case Number: 17-PCD-360
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On the afternoon of December 6, 2017, Ontario Provincial Police officers responded to a residence in Killaloe after receiving a concerning call from the wife of a 52-year-old man. When officers arrived at the home, they located the man sitting inside some brush while holding a shotgun. While officers attempted to speak with him, the man raised his shotgun. When an officer discharged his conducted energy weapon at the man to incapacitate him, the man simultaneously shot himself. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against an OPP officer in relation to the man’s death.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php.
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations