Halifax police officer will not be charged for shooting: SiRT [Video]

Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says a Halifax Regional Police officer will not face charges in connection with a shooting that sent a man to hospital with serious injuries.

Halifax Regional Police responded to a call of an attempted murder in the Clayton Park area of Halifax on Aug. 24, 2023. According to SiRT‘s report, police had learned a woman had been “violently stabbed with a knife and shot” in an apartment.

The report says when police arrived, the female told officers the suspect may still be in the apartment armed with a sawed-off shotgun.

Police searched the apartment building before learning a person had run from the building.

According to SiRT’s report, officers located the man on a nearby residential street, who allegedly pointed a firearm at the officer.

“The officer feared for his safety and discharged his firearm, striking the male in the thigh,” read the report.

“Police provided first aid on scene. The male was taken to …