New information made public ten months after in West Kelowna porta-potty incident and shooting
Warning: This article discusses gun violence, drug use and self-harm and may be upsetting to some readers.
After a nine-month investigation, on June 14, the Independent Investigations Office , which serves as a police watchdog agency, released the results of its investigation into the incident, clearing the RCMP officer who fired the shots of any wrongdoing. At the time of the IIO's announcement, few details of the incident were made public as a criminal trial related to the shooting and arrest was proceeding through the courts.
The man had been staying with a friend at a nearby home and was experiencing psychosis while on drugs. He admits to having fired two shots into the ceiling of the home where he was staying but could not explain why to the IIO investigators. While psychotic, the man believed he was in danger and that people were trying to kill him. He later told police that he had no intention of harming others.
At 1:01 p.m. and then again at 1:11 p.m. police received calls from witnesses that a man with a gun was in their neighbourhood. At 1:23 p.m. police located the man and told him to put the gun down and exit the potra-potty as he was under arrest. The man refused to comply and officers report they could hear a gun being repeatedly racked. The man later told investigators that he had attempted to discharge the gun but it jammed.
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