An RCMP officer’s decision to shoot at an American citizen who fled a border security screening and drove into Canada illegally in February of last year has been deemed a reasonable and appropriate use of force by the province’s serious incident response team.
The American did not die from being shot at by the officer. Instead he shot himself in the head following a car and on-foot chase by RCMP officers on Feb. 4, according to a document detailing the team’s investigation shared on Wednesday.