No charges should be laid against Winnipeg police officers who shot and killed a university student on New Year’s Eve 2023, an investigation into the incident has concluded.
Afolabi Opaso, 19, an international student at the University of Manitoba, was killed when officers — who had been called to the scene for a wellness check — said he ran at them with two knives.
Because an officer involved in the shooting is related to a Manitoba Justice employee, the investigation was handled out-of-province by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team.
The ASIRT report, released Wednesday, determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe the officer responsible for the shooting committed an offence.
Investigation into police shooting being moved out of province
