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ONTARIO: Father dies week after police-involved shooting that left infant son dead

SIU says 33-year-old man died in hospital last night
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Ontario's police watchdog says a man has died nearly a week after being shot by provincial police in an incident that also left his one-year-old son dead in Kawartha Lakes, Ont. 

The Special Investigations Unit says the 33-year-old man died in hospital on Wednesday night. 

The agency has said three police officers opened fire on the man after his pickup truck crashed into a cruiser, injuring an officer who was laying down a spike belt. 

It says the man was injured and his baby was found dead of a gunshot wound in the back seat of his pickup truck. 

Police had been investigating an alleged kidnapping at the time. 

In addition to the three police-issued guns, the SIU says investigators found a fourth firearm at the scene. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 3, 2020.

The Canadian Press


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