SIU issues ruling on death outside Lakeshore Drive apartment building

The Special Investigations Unit has wrapped up it’s investigation into the death of an Ottawa man in North Bay in early December 2016.

The SIU has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against a North Bay Police officer in relation to the death.

The man fell from an eighth floor window in an apartment building on Lakeshore Drive.

After paramedics were called to a person with mental health issues, police were contacted and talked with the man who refused any assistance.

After officers left, police received a call that the man fell to his death.