Three OPP officers each face one count of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death in relation to the shooting of an 18-month-old boy in 2020, the SIU announced Wednesday
Three Ontario Provincial Police officers have been criminally charged with manslaughter afterOPP Constables Nathan Vanderheyden, Kenneth Pengelly and Grason Cappus each face one count of manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death in relation to the shooting of the boy, a Special Investigations Unit press release said Wednesday. No further details of the case have been released as it now moves to the courts, the Ontario police watchdog said.
The charges come after a nearly two-year investigation by the SIU, a high-profile probe that saw the watchdog take the exceedingly rare move ofThe fatal police shooting of a baby — believed to be the first in the SIU’s 30-year history — happened shortly after police were called about a father abducting his son from the Municipality of Trent Lakes, near Bobcaygeon.
“The child’s death in Kawartha Lakes was the result of being shot by police,” the SIU said in February 2021 press release, which said forensic evidence, including trajectory and bloodstain analysis, had determined a bullet fired from a police gun killed the baby. “I think the public rightfully has reason to be concerned about delay in the case like this,” Christine Mainville, a Toronto lawyer who served as counsel on a 2017 review of police oversight, told the Star last year,The SIU, meanwhile, defended its investigation as thorough, with a spokesperson saying the complex case has required “dozens of interviews and complex forensic examinations.”
As of August 18, 2022, none of the officers had agreed to be interviewed by the SIU. Police officers facing potential criminal charges have the Charter right not to incriminate themselves, meaning they are not required to speak to the SIU — though past directors of the SIU have acknowledged that“I think it’s folly. I think it’s wrong,” Howard Morton, who was the director of the SIU from 1992 to 1995, told the Star last year.
He claimed the Shapiro “lost control” of his vehicle, hitting several OPP cars and “violently” colliding with his immobile Ford.
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