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The Nova Scotia watchdog concluded the officers had a "lawful excuse" to fire their guns.

HALIFAX - No criminal charges should be laid against two Mounties who mistakenly shot at a bystander outside a Nova Scotia firehall as police were searching for the man responsible for a mass shooting that would claim 22 lives, Ontario's police watchdog says.

No criminal charges should be laid against two Mounties who mistakenly shot at a bystander outside a Nova Scotia firehall as police were searching for the man responsible for a mass shooting that would claim 22 lives, Ontarios police watchdog says.

The Special Investigations Unit probe is a re-evaluation of a previous review body’s investigation that had cleared the officers of criminal conduct in 2021

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) will be reviewing new information surrounding the police shooting outside a Nova Scotia fire hall more than three years ago.

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit (SIU) will be reviewing new information surrounding the police shooting outside a Nova Scotia fire hall more than three years ago.

An Ontario agency that examines police conduct has agreed to review the case of two RCMP officers who opened fire outside a Nova Scotia fire hall in 2020 during the search for the man who murdered 22 people as he drove through several rural communities.

Almost three years after two RCMP officers opened fire on a civilian outside a fire hall in Onslow, N.S., two firefighters who were inside the building at the time want the province’s police watchdog to reopen its investigation into what happened.

On the morning of April 19, 2020, two N.S. RCMP officers began shooting at a man in front of a fire hall in Onslow, thinking they had found the mass shooter.

Three years after Canadas worst mass shooting, which killed 22, report will look at how it could have been prevented, RCMP response, role of domestic violence.