Tag: London shootings
London officer who fatally shot man in struggle cleared in internal review
An internal London police investigation found an officer who fatally shot a Sarnia man on Richmond Row one year ago acted to protect his partner’s life and didn’t violate any police procedures.
Uncooperative victims put public safety at risk, police say after gunfire
Half of this year’s shooting victims didn’t initially report their injuries to London police, omissions that makes probing cases of gunfire more difficult and puts the public at increased risk, police say.
London townhouse shooting suspect arrested: Police
A convicted bank robber wanted in an east London townhouse shooting last month has been arrested, city police say.
‘Shakes the neighbourhood’: Two arrested in break-in at scene of shooting
Less than 24 hours after a man was shot at a northeast London house, police responded to a break-in at the same home and arrested two suspects, as more details emerged about a fight that took place before the early Wednesday shooting.
Neighbour recalls chaotic scene before overnight shooting
A fight broke out between two men, with one chasing the other with a golf club, about an hour before an early Wednesday shooting in northeast London that sent a man to hospital, one witness says.
Coffee shop killing: A plea deal in the works, until the last moment
The courtroom was set Monday to resolve a four-year-old homicide case involving a brazen daytime shooting in an east London Tim Hortons parking lot.
London jeweller ‘lucky’ to survive shooting as he escaped masked men: Partner
The owner of a London jewelry store is lucky to be alive after he was shot within an inch of his heart while escaping in his luxury car from an apparent botched carjacking or robbery attempt, his business partner says.
Woman charged in downtown gunfire also accused in previous weapons incident
A woman charged Friday in a shooting on Richmond Row in May also was charged three months ago after shots were fired from a moving vehicle in south London, court records show.
‘Life was on the line’: No charges against officer in fatal shooting in alley: SIU
A Sarnia man had been choking a London police officer for nearly a minute when another officer fatally shot him in a Richmond Row alley last fall, Ontario’s police watchdog said in a report released Monday. Following a nine-month investigation, the director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says the officer who shot Justin Bourassa, […]
Three Londoners charged in fatal shooting at party face additional charges
Three Londoners charged in the shooting death of a Western University student last summer face additional charges for allegedly threatening witnesses, telling them to lie to police and getting caught with a loaded gun, court records show.