Manitoba’s independent police watchdog unit has wrapped up its investigation into a 2019 police shooting incident – and no charges will be laid against the office.

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The incident took place in north River Heights on November 11, 2019. An officer attempting to stop a stolen vehicle fired shots at it. The vehicle was later found abandoned, and a small amount of blood was found in the driver’s area of it, making it probable the driver was injured during their flight from police – possibly even hit by a bullet. The driver, however, was nowhere to be found.

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The Independent Investigation Unit sent a sample of blood from the scene in for DNA analysis to see if its source might be identified. The results didn’t come back for a very, very long time – not until September 2020, and the person they pointed to was found a month later, living in Calgary.
The whole file was given a top-to-tail review by the Manitoba Prosecution Service, which concluded there was no reasonable likelihood of conviction in relation to any Criminal Code offences relating to the discharge of the firearm. The alleged driver of the vehicle, however, might have used up all their luck. That accused is currently before the courts on charges arising out of the incident.
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