Fatal police shooting of Winnipeg man in mental health case justified: watchdog

Manitoba’s constabulary watchdog has cleared 2 officers successful the shooting decease of a Winnipeg antheral who confronted constabulary with an axe portion officers tried to hospitalize him for intelligence wellness concerns.

The acting civilian manager of the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba says successful a study that the usage of unit was authorized and justified.

The manager added determination are nary tenable grounds to enactment immoderate charges against the 2 officers.

Police were called to the location successful the North End neighbourhood past February to instrumentality the 59-year-old antheral to the infirmary for a non-voluntary introspection nether the province’s Mental Health Act.

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The constabulary watchdog probe recovered the antheral prevented constabulary from entering his home, discharged a occurrence extinguisher doubly and swung an axe astatine officers erstwhile they were capable to summation introduction into the home.

An autopsy recovered the origin of decease was aggregate gunshot wounds.