Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after police in Kenora fatally shot a man Tuesday who was believed to have set fire to an ice cream shop at a local beach park and campground.
OPP officers and fire crews were called to Anicinabe Park at 12:40 pm Tuesday following reports that a man carrying knives and a gas can had set the shop ablaze.
Staff inside escaped the shop, although one person suffered injuries and was taken to hospital, SIU said in a statement Tuesday.
SUI later confirmed the man who allegedly set the fire died in hospital from a gunshot wound fired by an officer.
In a news release Wednesday Wawakapewin First Nation identified the man as Bruce Frogg, 55.
“Bruce can be remembered by his teachings and stories about the land,” it read. “He was an avid outdoorsman harvesting from its bounty and sharing with family and community members.”
Kenora is 200 kilometres east of Winnipeg.
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