The man’s encounter with police began at a Valu-Mart in Minden after officers received reports of an 'altercation' between the man and a store employee
Police markers near the home of a 73-year-old man who was fatally shot by officers, in the area of Eagle Lake, by the village of Haliburton, Ont., are photographed on July 16, 2020.A 73-year-old man was the eighth person to be shot and killed by police in Ontario this year, after a fatal exchange of gunfire outside his rural home in cottage country Wednesday morning.
“He was not forced to wear a mask, he was asked if he would like one,” said Ms. Easton, who added that the man was then escorted out of the store by another employee. “He then got in his car, hit another vehicle and tried to hit some of my staff who were outside, hit the building and left.” Two police officers then fired at the man. He was taken to a hospital where he died around 11:45 a.m.
“He’s been here probably 10 years now across the road from me, and I bet he hasn’t said six words in 10 years,” Mr. Munshaw said. “He was very to himself. He would not mix with people, wouldn’t talk to any of our neighbours ... he just was a very reclusive man.” The SIU said Thursday that investigators were still trying to reach the man’s next-of-kin. A postmortem examination is expected to take place Friday.
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