Three-year IOPC inquiry clears firearms officers over shooting

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Three-year IOPC inquiry clears firearms officers over shooting

Judge in 2018 trial said man shot in car had firearm with intent to endanger life.

Date - 19th February 2021
By - Police Oracle

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An IOPC investigation into the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old man by West Yorkshire firearms officers on a motorway has concluded that no officer committed a criminal offence or behaved in a manner that would justify disciplinary...

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