Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 66-year-old man was fatally shot by officers in the parking lot of a school in a northern town.
The Special Investigations Unit says the man was reportedly armed with an edged weapon when officers responded yesterday around 7:30 a.m. to the Kirkland Lake, Ont., school parking lot.
The SIU says one officer shot the man and another fired a stun gun after the man refused to drop the weapon.
The watchdog says the man was pronounced dead in hospital and a post-mortem is scheduled for today.
The school’s social media account says the school was closed yesterday and today due to a police investigation.
The SIU, which is called to investigate when a person may have been killed or seriously injured by police, says it has assigned seven investigators to the case.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 10, 2023.
