Despite FBI report, still no answers from SIU on deadly police shooting of man, baby
Investigation had been in 'holding pattern' pending arrival of report
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Nearing the one-year anniversary of a police shooting that killed a 33-year-old man and his baby son that he’d reportedly abducted from Trent Lakes, the province’s police watchdog still has no conclusions on what happened.
On Tuesday, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit issued a statement saying they’re reviewing a forensic ballistics report from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Nov. 26 2020 shooting in Kawartha Lakes, but say they’re not yet prepared to offer details.
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“The SIU understands the public interest in the results,” read the statement.
“As is our process with all ongoing SIU cases, the unit does not release details that could jeopardize the integrity of the investigation.”
Last year, Peterborough County OPP members were dispatched to a domestic dispute involving a man armed with a firearm in Trent Lakes, which police say was being investigated as a parental abduction.
Officers caught up with the suspect near Lindsay, who in his attempt to flee police rammed a passing car before running down and critically injuring an OPP officer attempting to deploy a spike belt.
Once stopped, the accused — with his abducted one-year-old with him inside the pickup truck — exchanged gunfire with police.
The child was pronounced dead at the scene, while the father died a week later in hospital.
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While it wasn’t immediately clear if the boy was shot before or during contact with police, the SIU revealed in February that it was indeed a police bullet that tragically ended the child’s life.
Three subject officers and 13 witness officers were identified by SIU investigators.
In August, the SIU announced the investigation was in a “holding pattern” pending the arrival of the FBI report.
“The SIU recognizes the one-year anniversary of this case is approaching and is moving as quickly as it can to bring the investigation to resolution,” said the release.
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