No charges in RCMP-related death in Kinngait, Ottawa police say

After completing an investigation into theRCMP-related death of a man in Kinngait, Nunavut, the Ottawa Police Service says the officer involved should not be criminally charged.

In a news release Monday, Ottawa police said two investigators from its homicide unit as well as two forensic officers travelled to Kinngait on Feb. 27, the day afterAttachie Ashoona was shot and killed by an officer. Further details aboutthe incident involving Ashoona'sdeath have not been released.

The goal of the Ottawa Police Service, which conducts investigations into major incidents involving RCMP in Nunavut,was to determine if there was any "criminal responsibility of the part of the RCMP."

The investigators interviewedfive RCMP officers as well as 10 civilian witnesses, the release states.

It concluded that "the RCMP officer's use of lethal force did not exceed the use of force necessary to control the situation" based on the Criminal Code,the release states.

"There were no grounds in the evidence to proceed with criminal charges against the officer."

The release states the RCMP's V Division as well as Nunavut's Department of Justice have been notified of this conclusion.