Toronto police officer charged in death of man in Niagara Falls - BERITAJA

A Toronto constabulary serviceman has been charged pinch manslaughter successful relationship pinch the shooting decease of a man successful Niagara Falls, Ont., past July.

The head of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, said he had reasonable grounds to judge Const. Andrew Lawson committed a criminal offence successful relationship to the shooting decease of the man.

Toronto constabulary Const. Andrew Lawson has been charged pinch 1 count of manslaughter arsenic a consequence of the SIU investigation into the 40-year-old man’s decease connected July 30.

That morning, members of the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad went to a edifice successful Niagara Falls to find a man taxable to an outstanding Canada-wide parole revocation warrant, the SIU said.

On uncovering the man, location was an relationship betwixt him and constabulary and an serviceman fired his weapon, hitting the man. He was taken to hospital, wherever he was pronounced dead.

He was arrested astatine SIU office connected Wednesday and later released connected an undertaking pinch conditions.

Lawson is group to look astatine the Ontario Court of Justice successful St. Catharines connected May 6.