US EditionPolice Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Man in Crisis in Northwestern Ont.
KENORA DISTRICT, ONTARIO, JUL 2 – The Special Investigations Unit found no criminal wrongdoing by the officer who fired three shots after Bruce Frogg posed an imminent threat with knives and fire, the report said.
- The Special Investigations Unit found 'no basis' to charge police in the shooting death of 57-year-old Bruce Wallace Frogg by an Ontario Provincial Police officer during an incident in Kenora.
- The SIU report stated Frogg was in a 'highly agitated state' and had two knives before officers attempted to engage with him.
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler criticized the SIU investigation, asserting it was 'severely flawed' and did not address Frogg's mental state.
- Video evidence showed Frogg holding two knives and walking towards officers before he was shot at a distance of six to eight metres.
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