No criminal charges against OPP in Huntsville Double Homicide

From the Special Investigations Unit:

On the evening of October 25, 2024, the OPP 911 received calls from residents in an area of ​​Huntsville, in which they reported on the sound of several shots. Around 9 p.m., a man contacted the OPP and stated that they had shot two family members in their house. The officers were sent to the house and were able to reach the 52-year-old man by phone. He refused to leave the house and stated that he would soon take his own life. He told the police that he was armed with a rifle and handguns. A drone was sent in to make observations within the residence. The drone was two deceased women and a deceased dog, and the man was on the head in the basement with a gunshot wound. In his assessment of the evidence, the Siu director Joseph Martino found that there were no reasonable reasons to believe that the commander of the acting incident had committed a crime in connection with the death of the man.

Full report by the director (with incident narrative, evidence and analysis & director's decision):https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php.

The SIU is an independent government agency who examines the implementation of civil servants (police officers and special police officers with the Niagara Parks Commission and Peace Service with the legislative protection service), which may have led to death, serious injuries, sexual assault and/or could be unloaded of a firearm with one person. All studies are carried out by SIU investigators who are civilians. According to the Law on Special Investigations Unit, the director of the SIU must

• Think about whether the official committed a crime in connection with the incident examined
• Depending on the evidence, a criminal charge against the civil servant is issued in which there are reasons, or close the file without charges being raised
• Report the results of his investigations publicly

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