Supervision Department investigating circumstances of police shooting

The Supervision Department of the Interior Ministry is investigating the circumstances of a police shooting that resulted in the death of a 30-year-old taxi driver last Sunday. The department will look into whether or not the officer in the shooting committed a criminal offence, namely grievous bodily harm resulting in death. In the incident, the civilian reportedly attacked two metropolitan officers, disarming them and taking one of their guns. The man is then said to have threatened the officers and tried repeatedly but unsuccessfully to pull the trigger (which was locked on "safety") at state police arriving at the scene. When he refused to drop the weapon he was shot and killed.

The original officers first moved in against the civilian after he reportedly assaulted a woman on the street.