close to home-officer shoots woman

**outdoors** · 10th-June-2010

Shots Fired in KenoraJune 09 10
On Monday at approximately 8:30pm a Kenora OPP officer responded to a report of a domestic incident on First St. South in Kenora. Upon attending the scene the officer was confronted by a female wielding a knife outside the apartment block resulting in shots being fired. Both on and off duty OPP officers provided first aid to the injured female at scene, and she was subsequently transported by ambulance to Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora. The 39 year old female's medical condition is unknown at this time. The investigation is continuing. The Provinces Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been notified and has invoked its mandate.

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Shooting in Kenora Involving OPP Officer
Posted by Mike Ebbeling on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 am 8:46:06 AM
The Special Investigations Unit is probing a shooting involving Police in downtown Kenora Monday night.
OPP were responding to a report of a domestic dispute in the First Street area.
OPP say the officer arrived and was confronted by a woman wielding a knife, resulting in shots being fired.
The SIU says the 39-year-old was airlifted to Winnipeg Hospital where she remains in stable condition.
The woman's name has not been released but Bruce Landon identified her to the Winnipeg Free Press as Helen Proulx , his ex-wife.
A total of 7-SIU investigators are involved in the probe.
Spokesperson Monica Hudon says the investigation could take a month or more, depending on how much forensic evidence they have to process.

**Kargan3033** · 10th-June-2010

Hmm don't know what to say about this, maybe the Oniker should have tazered her ass, there is just not enough info for me to make an infromed opinion about this other then since it was a women who got shot it has been splashed across the news where as men get shot more so then women but it rarely makes the news

**outdoors** · 10th-June-2010

June 10 10
A woman shot by police in Kenora Monday evening is said to have stabilized in a Winnipeg hospital. She was shot twice in the area of First Street South by a lone female officer when she allegedly lunged at the OPP officer with a knife. Family members have reported she was hit in the arm and the side, shattering her pelvis. The province's Special Investigations Unit is currently probing the incident and spent much of Tuesday interviewing witnesses after collecting forensic evidence overnight to be transported back to Toronto for analysis. The team of four investigators and three forensic investigators arrived in Kenora around 3 a.m. Tuesday morning. While the team said it will leave the community this evening, it is expected to return for further investigation on the weekend.