Saturday, June 6, 2009

UPDATE - OPP INVESTIGATING SHOOTING IN NOËLVILLE
POST MORTEM EXAMINATION RESULTS

(Noëlville, ON.) – In the early evening of Thursday, June 4, 2009, the OPP was called out to investigate a shooting incident that occurred at Chartrand Lumber, a sawmill in the town of Noëlville.

It has been determined that a lone male attended the Chartrand mill yard and discharged a firearm in the direction of a man who was working there. The man was shot while he was operating a piece of heavy equipment, and again when he was running away from the shooter. The victim was transported to St. Joseph Hospital in Sudbury where he is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

A post mortem examination confirmed that the shooter died at his residence as a result of a single gunshot wound. There are no other persons believed to be involved in this incident.

Police indicate that this is an isolated incident and the public is not at risk.

To protect the identity of the victim, OPP will not be releasing the names of the persons involved.

The OPP’S Criminal Investigations Branch, Sudbury OPP Crime Unit and the Northeast Region Technical Identification Services Unit remain on scene assisting officers from Noëlville detachment with the investigation.

This ongoing investigation is under the direction of Detective Inspector Guy Faucher of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.

Anyone who has information in relation to this incident is asked to contact investigators through the North Bay Provincial Communication Centre at 1.888.310.1122

Single Vehicle Rollover

(HORNEPAYNE) – On June 4, 2009 at 10:30 am The OPP were dispatched to a report of a single vehicle roll-over involving a tractor trailer unit approximately 40 kilometres south of Hornepayne on Highway 631. The northbound vehicle lost control, entered the southbound ditch and rolled over causing extensive damage. Emergency response members attended and extricated the lone male driver. The driver, identified as Joe ARMSTRONG age 39 of Sudbury, Ontario was flown by Air Ambulance to Sudbury Hospital with undetermined injuries. The cause of this motor vehicle collision is presently under investigation by The OPP Technical Traffic Investigation Unit and Superior East members.

Speeding 40km Over

(WAWA) – On June 4, 2009 at approximately 12:40 pm a motorist reported that a motor cycle proceeding southbound on Highway 17 near the junction of Highway 519 was driving at a high rate of speed. Officers kept observation for the motor cycle and stopped the vehicle near Catfish Creek. As a result of this stop and RADAR reading, Bernard FISCHER of Vancouver, BC was charged with Speeding 40 Kilometres over the posted speed limit.