O.P.P. Officer Cleared In Red Lake Incident

The Province's police watchdog is clearing a Red Lake O.P.P. officer of any wrong-doing in the death of a 35 year old man last month. Ian Scott of the province's Special Investigations Unit said “There are no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer committed a criminal offence in relation to the death. The S.I.U.’s investigation leads to only one reasonable conclusion: the decedent took his own life by means of a single bullet discharged from a rifle at close range. There was no police involvement in his unfortunate death.” The S.I.U. also concluded that at no time did police have any contact with the man who perished sometime between November 4th and 5th.