Ontarios police watchdog clears officers in fatal shooting of Hamilton man [Video]

The province’s police watchdog has cleared Hamilton police officers of wrongdoing in connection with the fatal shooting of Erixon Kabera on Nov. 9, 2024.

Officers were dispatched to an apartment building on Main Street West in Hamilton at around 5 p.m. that day, after a resident told police they had been threatened by a man, according to the Special Investigation Unit’s report.

The SIU report says that after officers arrived, a man pointed a replica firearm at them as he walked towards them.

Two officers opened fire on him, shooting as many as 24 bullets in his direction as his approach continued, according to the report.

After being hit a number of times, the man was taken to an area hospital by paramedics and was pronounced dead shortly before 1 a.m. the following day.

The SIU was then called in to investigate the matter.

In the report, SIU director Joseph Martino said there were “no …