Toronto police had no choice but to shoot suspect in raid that killed officer: SIU

Toronto police had no choice but to shoot suspect in raid that left officer dead: SIU

TORONTO — Toronto police had "no alternative" but to fire at a man accused of fatally shooting Const. Marc Pinizzotto during a raid in June, Ontario's police watchdog said in a report Friday that offers new details about the case.

Toronto police officer who shot at man accused in Const. Marc Pinizzotto's death cleared of wrongdoing

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has cleared a Toronto police officer of wrongdoing in an exchange of gunfire that seriously injured a 19-year-old man accused of fatally shooting Const. Marc Pinizzotto in June.

Toronto police had no choice but to shoot suspect in raid that killed officer, SIU says

SIU Director Joseph Martino says there’s no doubt that the officers believed their lives were in danger and cleared police of any wrongdoing in the June case

SIU says Toronto officer had 'no alternative' but to shoot man who shot and killed Const. Marc Pinizzotto

The SIU absolved a Toronto police officer of any wrongdoing after he shot a suspect who had moments earlier fatally shot Const. Pinizzotto.

Toronto police had no alternative but to shoot back in raid that left officer Marc Pinizzotto dead: SIU report

Nineteen-year-old Nicholas Bennett has been charged with first-degree murder in the June 11 fatal shooting of Toronto police Const. Marc Pinizzotto during an Emergency Task Force raid.

SIU clears Toronto police officer who shot suspected killer of Const. Marc Pinizzotto

Ontario’s police watchdog says Toronto police had “no alternative” but to shoot a man accused of killing Const. Marc Pinizzotto during a raid at a North York apartment.