Hamilton cops still mum on shooting death

A 45-year-old man was shot and killed by Hamilton police Friday morning in the area of Upper Wentworth and the Lincoln Alexander Parkway.

by Bill Dunphy
TheSpec.com
June 11, 2013

When a 45-year-old Hamilton man died in a rapid burst of gunfire last Friday morning only three people were present. One of them is dead and the other two aren’t talking.

The province’s Special Investigations Unit confirmed late Monday afternoon that, 3½ days after the shooting, their investigators have not yet been able to interview the two police officers on scene when the distraught man was shot multiple times.

Police had responded to calls for a man walking into traffic on the Lincoln Alexander Expressway near Upper Wentworth. He was ordered off the highway, complied and climbed up the embankment towards his townhouse.

The officers followed him behind a berm where, shortly thereafter, witnesses heard between three and eight rapid-fire gunshots.

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[hat tip: Frankie Gotz]