Officers 'trained to keep their fingers off the trigger,' gun expert says at manslaughter trial

Firearm experts close Crown evidence at OPP officer's manslaughter trial

Two firearms experts were the final two Crown witnesses as a Chatham-Kent OPP officer’s manslaughter trial continued Wednesday.

Officers 'trained to keep their fingers off the trigger,' gun expert says at manslaughter trial

The third day of the judge-alone trial into the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer facing a charge of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man in Chatham-Kent in July 2021 heard testimonies from a gun expert and an expert in firearm training procedures and policies at OPP.

Chatham manslaughter trial hears about OPP firearms training, policy

Day three of the manslaughter trial of a Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (CK OPP) officer featured two expert witnesses called by the prosecution.CK OPP Constable Sean O'Rourke, 57, is charged with manslaughter in connection to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Nicholas Grieves on Highway 401 near Ridgetown in July 2021.O'Rourke was responding to a report of a gas theft when Grieves was shot in the upper torso. Grieves was later pronounce…