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SIU releases preliminary details on Anicinabe fatality

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit has identified the man shot by OPP during the fire at Anicinabe Park as a 57-year-old.

His name has not been revealed

The SIU also confirm that the man set the office building ablaze and was brandishing knifes.

One officer fired a shot that hit the man.

He was later pronounced dead at Lake of the Woods Hospital.

The SIU has assigned three investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.


  • Tim Davidson has more than 30 years of experience in radio news. He is based in Kenora and covers stories in northwestern Ontario. Contact Tim at davidson.tim@radioabl.ca.

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