The Special Investigations Unit has ruled there is no basis to charge officers in connection to the fatal shooting of a man in Exeter last year.
On December 3rd, 2019, OPP officers and the South Huron Fire Department were called to a residence on Simcoe Street.
When first responders arrived, the SIU says a 44-year-old man armed himself with an axe and refused to open the door for firefighters.
Police officers forced the door open using a battering ram when the man confronted them while wielding an axe.
As he approached, two officers fired their guns at the man, who succumbed to his gunshot wounds in the hospital.
Director of the SIU, Joseph Martino, says there are no reasonable grounds to believe the officers committed a criminal offence.
