Ontario’s Police Watchdog Investigating Death of Indigenous Man in Deer Lake

First Nation man shot and killed by police 1 year after father's death in police shooting

Just over a year after his father was shot and killed by a police officer in Kenora, Ont., Eric Nothing's family has identified him as the victim of a police shooting in Deer Lake First Nation that occurred earlier this week. Here's what we know about the case under investigation by the province's police watchdog.

Ontario’s police watchdog investigating death of Indigenous man in Deer Lake

Eric Nothing died after being injured in a police-involved firearms incident on Tuesday

Police shooting leaves man dead on First Nation in Ontario

One man is dead and Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating following a police shooting on an Ontario First Nation. The shooting happened on Tuesday in the remote Deer Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario while officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service were serving an arrest warrant, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit says. Officers were at a home on the First Nation to arrest a man who fled from the house. “There was an interaction…

SIU investigating incident in Deer Lake First Nation

NAPS reports that an adult male was injured in an altercation with officers