OPP officer shoots at man after he crashed into police vehicle on Hwy. 11: SIU
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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after an Ontario Provincial Police officer discharged his firearm at a 36-year-old man in near Moonbeam, Ont., on Friday night.
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer discharged his firearm at a 36-year-old man in northern Ontario on Friday evening.
“At approximately 8:30 p.m., the James Bay OPP responded to a call for service on Elaine Street in Smooth Rock Falls,” said the OPP in a news release on Saturday.
“During the course of the investigation, there was an interaction between a responding officer and a person on Highway 11, approximately 5 kilometres east of Moonbeam.”
Officers were attending the Moonbeam residence in response to a 911 call regarding a domestic dispute – however, the man had fled the home in a vehicle before the arrival of police.
The Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said police attempted to conduct a traffic stop and block the man’s vehicle on Highway 11 east of Moonbeam.
“The man drove into a police vehicle. An officer discharged his firearm at the vehicle,” said SIU in a news release.
“The man fled on foot and was later located by police.”
