NILES — Officers James Reppy and Christopher Mannella have been on paid administrative leave while the shooting death of Matthews Burroughs is being investigated by the Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Reppy has worked for the department for six years. He previously worked for the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office.

Mannella is a 28-year member of the department and a U.S. military veteran.

Burroughs, 35, was shot Jan. 2 outside his residence, when officers went to the Royal Mall Apartments investigating allegations he struck a probation officer with his car door outside Niles Municipal Court.

The probation officer was attempting to serve two warrants to Burroughs, according to police. A hearing was being scheduled at the court to address the warrants. It was then that Burroughs fled the building, striking the officer with an open passenger door as he backed his car.

When Burroughs arrived at the apartment complex, Niles police Chief Jay Holland has said his officers “perceived a threat to their safety and fired their service weapons.”

The coroner has ruled Burroughs’ death a homicide.

The Niles Police Department immediately called BCI to conduct the investigation.

The department has stated the officers will remain on paid administrative leave throughout the BCI review of the shooting.

The police department did not provide the officers personnel files to be reviewed Monday. However, Capt. John Marshall said the department was reviewing the officers’ files to remove any non-public record information.

This is not the first time Mannella has been part of a police-involved shooting investigated by BCI. In 2004, Mannella and former Niles police Chief Bruce Simeone were investigated for the shooting of James M. Fambro-Wade, who shot his girlfriend, outside 127 Wood St.

When officers arrived on scene at Wood Street, Mannella said Fambro-Wade charged at him and Simeone, and both officers fired their weapons at him.

A BCI investigation took five months to complete. Both officers were cleared in the shooting.