Jun 28, 2024
Police say Bruce Wallace Frogg was holding knives when they shot him
A man shot and killed by an Ontario Provincial Police officer in Kenora earlier this week is being described by his family and First Nation as an avid outdoorsman who shared his harvest.
Bruce Wallace Frogg was a member of Wawakapewin, an Oji-Cree First Nation and remote fly-in community about 350 kilometres north of Sioux Lookout.
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Frogg, who was in his 50s. The SIU is an independent government agency tasked with investigating police conduct that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm at a person.
Kenora OPP located a man with knives at Anicinabe Park in Kenora around 12:40 p.m. Tuesday. An officer shot him after the man set fire to a building, the SIU said in a statement issued Wednesday.