HALIFAX—Nova Scotia’s independent police watchdog has cleared three police officers of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a robbery suspect in Summerside, P.E.I. Felix Cacchione, director of the Serious Incident Response Team, released a report Tuesday that concludes there were no grounds to consider charges against the Summerside Police officers because their actions on May 27, 2018, were justified. Cacchione’s report says the officers were investigating a violent robbery in a local hotel room when they spotted the suspect’s vehicle in front of a home in Summerside. The three officers entered the residence with their firearms drawn after the suspect emerged and retreated inside, refusing to respond to their commands to come out. The report says the suspect, 32-year-old Jeremy Stephens, was soon found crouching behind a chair in a dimly lit basement.

Source: thestar March 05, 2019 21:32 UTC