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One-12 months-old baby Shot dead As 3 police officers Open hearth on Father’s Truck After Crash


 A tragedy unfolded for a family on Thanksgiving that started with an estranged father taking his one-year-old baby son and ended therewith father and son shot. the daddy is currently in critical condition and therefore the baby tragically died.


The incident began when officers were alerted about an alleged domestic dispute in Kawartha Lakes in Ontario. consistent with police, the dispute involved a firearm and therefore the abduction of the one-year-old baby by his father.

A resident told local news that after the kidnapping the lady, her son, and a therapist knocked on his door searching for shelter.

“Some people came to the house and wanted in, for a secure haven, and there was something about the husband had left with the tiny baby,” said Tom Deciccio.

When police located the daddy on a rural country road, all hell broke loose when his truck collided with another vehicle and a police vehicle.

According to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which investigates instances when cops in Ontario kill, seriously injure, or sexually assault someone, the incident unfolded as follows:

At approximately 8:45 a.m. on November 26, 2020, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was made aware that a father had abducted his son from the Municipality of Trent Lakes.
A short time later, the OPP located a vehicle of interest – a pickup – within the City of Kawartha Lakes on Sturgeon Road. Officers attempted to prevent the truck.
On Pigeon Lake Road, the truck became involved in a very collision with an OPP cruiser and a civilian vehicle. At that point, an OPP officer was standing outside of the cruiser and he sustained serious injuries.
An interaction ensued between the 33-year-old vehicle driver and officers, and three officers discharged their firearms. the person was struck and airlifted to the hospital in grave condition.
Inside the truck was a one-year-old boy. He had sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Andy Letham, the mayor of Kawartha Lakes, told the National Post the community was shocked. With everyone already jumpy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thursday’s tragic event added an additional layer of distress to his rural community.

“In a tiny low community like this, it certainly caught everybody off guard.”

Police have yet to mention who fired the fatal shot that killed the baby or if the daddy fired any shots in the slightest degree from the gun found within the vehicle. However, had there been a gunfight, police would have likely released that information first.

The SIU said three police firearms had been seized and were to be sent for forensic examination. A fourth weapon, a handgun, was found inside the pickup, and investigators were waiting to require possession of it.

When observing the photo of the crash scene it appears that the truck was completely immobilized and will not pose a threat to anyone after the collision. therefore the reason police opened fire remains unclear. However, all three officers fired into the truck, meaning all of them perceived the identical threat — whether it had been real or not.

According to reports, the daddy remains in critical condition while the officer he struck with the truck is recovering.

While we don't yet know who fired the fatal shots that killed the one-year-old, The PBWW website has reported on incidents like this before which have left multiple children shot or dead at the hands of police firing into cars occupied by children.

As reported last year, a rather disturbing scene unfolded in the state capital as cops attempting to kill a suspect opened fire on four babies inside his truck, shooting three of them. For months, the family and residents demanded answers, and also the police remained silent. After the police refused to carry anyone accountable, the mother of the three children who were shot took action at law within the kind of a lawsuit earlier this year.

Another tragic case of an officer shooting into a vehicle within the case of Jeremy Mardis, a 6-year-old boy who was murdered on video by officer Norris Greenhouse Jr. in 2015. just like the children within the examples above, Mardis was along with his father when police opened fire — killing him. After being convicted for the murder of a toddler, Greenhouse served but two years in jail.

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