A Tweed, Ont., man has been charged with attempted murder after a shootout with OPP left him seriously injured at a hunting camp north of north of Marmora, Ont., early Friday, prompting an investigation by Ontario’s police watchdog.
According to the Special Investigations Unit, around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Central Hastings OPP officers responded to a report of a man making threats at a remote hunting cabin in the area of Twin Sister Lakes Road, about 20 kilometres north of the village of Marmora or 70 kilometres east of Peterborough.
The SIU say when officers arrived, the man barricaded himself in the cabin.
OPP say shots were fired from inside the cabin.
The incident led to a standoff with the man, prompting police crisis negotiators, and the OPP’s emergency response team, aviation services and tactical unit officers to the scene, the SIU said
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In its preliminary investigation, the SIU says there was “an interaction” between officers and the 48-year-old man.
The SIU says an officer first shot with an ARWEN, described as a”less-lethal firearm.”
The police watchdog says the man then shot at police.
“An officer shot the man with a firearm,” the SIU stated, noting it occurred just after midnight. “The man was arrested and taken to hospital via ambulance.”
As of Friday afternoon, the SIU says the man remains in hospital in Kingston.
OPP say the man suffered a non-life threatening injury.
Jason Bedore, 48, from Tweed, Ont., was arrested and charged with attempted murder using a firearm, careless use of a firearm, weapon or prohibited device or ammunition and possession of a firearm or ammunition.
Three SIU investigators and three forensic investigators have been assigned to the case.
The SIU says anyone with information about the investigation, including video or photos, is asked to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or on the SIU website.