Police at the scene on Jackson Avenue in Culcheth in 2012
AN investigation into the police command of an operation which led to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man has been discontinued.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct launched three investigations after a public inquiry into the death of 36-year-old Anthony Grainger, who was shot and killed in a car park in Culcheth by a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer in March 2012.
Anthony Grainger
Today, Wednesday, the IOPC confirmed that one investigation had been discontinued while another found that an officer did not have a case to answer.
Former assistant chief constable Terry Sweeney, former superintendent Mark Granby and a former chief inspector, all now retired from the force, were being investigated for gross misconduct regarding their command and control of the operation leading up to Mr Grainger's death.