Ontario's police watchdog has determined that no criminal charges should be laid against two Mounties who mistakenly shot at a bystander outside a Nova Scotia firehall while searching for the man responsible for a mass shooting that claimed 22 lives.
HALIFAX — No criminal charges should be laid against two Mounties who mistakenly shot at a bystander outside a Nova Scotia firehall as police were searching for the man responsible for a mass shooting that would claim 22 lives, Ontario's police watchdog says.
In March 2021, Nova Scotia's police oversight agency, the Serious Incident Response Team, found that the"totality of the evidence" led the officers to believe the killer was standing just 88 metres away when they stopped their unmarked car in front of the firehall. But questions were raised about the report by Nova Scotia's police oversight agency soon after it was released.
As well, the inquiry found that after the shooting,"the RCMP failed to adhere to its policies and the Serious Incident Response Team regulations with respect to the procedures that must be followed after a serious incident that attracts SIRT jurisdiction." The SIU report notes that the Mountie who was inside the parked RCMP cruiser, Const. Dave Gagnon, told the inquiry that he did not hear any police commands even though his window was down.
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