4 South Simcoe Cops have been cleared of any wrongdoing following a police-involved capturing at an Innisfil residence in August that left one younger man lifeless and one other going through severe charges.
The Ontario’s Particular Investigations Unit (SIU) launched new info in a report on Monday, 4 months after the deadly capturing.
On Aug. 15, officers have been known as to a dispute at a house on Shoreview Drive after a 911 caller suggested two males attacked an unidentified man with a bat and plastic hockey stick and chased him down the road. Court docket paperwork point out the assault was by two brothers on their father.
The 2 males then returned to the home and when officers arrived, each 19-year-olds have been in an SUV, the report famous.
The watchdog claims the 2 males allegedly accelerated towards an officer who fired on the car in response.
The company experiences the officers informed the 2 males to not transfer the car a number of instances.
The driving force died within the car of a single gunshot wound, acknowledged the SIU. It alleges there was a second “volley of gunfire” when the SUV passenger took the wheel and drove the car in reverse.
The passenger suffered a number of gunshot wounds and was rushed to a trauma centre for remedy.
Within the report, the SIU acknowledged the second set of pictures fired by the officers was tougher to reconcile, however famous that primarily based on the proof, their actions weren’t thought-about unjustified as a result of they confronted the “very real possibility” of being run over.
Whereas the report didn’t disclose the identities of these concerned, Ontario Chronicle has realized the 2 males are twins, Dylan and Liam Hatton, who lived on the Shoreview Drive residence.
Ontario Provincial Police charged Dylan Hatton earlier this month with assault inflicting bodily hurt, assault with a weapon, assaulting an officer with a weapon and harmful operation of a car.
His defence lawyer, Asha James, informed Ontario Chronicle on Monday the Hatton household is “devastated” by the SIU’s choice.
“If they had known how that day would end they would have never called police seeking help that day for both Dylan and Liam,” James mentioned.
Hatton has since been launched from custody with a court docket date scheduled for January in Bradford.
“The family is focused on Dylan’s criminal trial and making sure that he gets through that. They are still on their quest for accountability for what happened that day and they want transparency. They want the truth to come out about what took place that afternoon,” his lawyer added.
South Simcoe Police Service declined to touch upon the SIU’s findings.
The allegations towards Hatton haven’t been examined in court docket.
The SIU is an unbiased authorities company that investigates incidents involving police the place demise, severe harm, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm has occurred.
