The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot and killed by Ontario Provincial Police in Turkey Point on Tuesday afternoon.
Norfolk County OPP said the incident began around 1 p.m., when members of the Norfolk County Marine Unit attempted to stop a boater.
According to the initial report by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), OPP officers spotted a personal watercraft that caught their attention and when they tried to get the operator to stop, he headed into the Turkey Point Marina and ran into some bushes.
The SIU said officers set up a perimeter and then there was an interaction between the man and police, when one officer discharged an Anti-Riot Weapon ENField, and another officer discharged his firearm.
“The 22-year-old man appears to have been struck by both firearms. He was pronounced deceased at the scene,” read the report.
The identity of the man has not been released.
The SIU, which probes incidents involving police where there has been serious injury, death, or allegations of sexual assault, has assigned four investigators and three forensic investigators to the case.