An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (Photo by OPP)An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (Photo by OPP)
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SIU says no basis to bring charges against officers involved in fatal Exeter shooting

The Special Investigations Unit says there is no basis for charges against two OPP officers involved in a fatal shooting in Exeter.

On the evening of December 3rd, 2019, Huron County OPP officers responded to a residence in Exeter to assist firefighters who were trying to enter the home to extinguish a kitchen fire. A 44-year-old man who was alone in the house refused to allow fire crews to enter by blocking the doorway while wielding an axe. Officers forced the door open with a battering ram and the man approached them wielding the axe and the two officers fired their weapons at the man. The man later succumbed to his wounds at a local hospital.

The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to believe that any officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the man’s death.

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