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The province’s Special Investigations Unit has concluded that no charges are warranted in the death of an Ottawa man shot eight times by police in Toronto on March 4, 2016.

Devon LaFleur, 30, was wanted by police in Ottawa for an armed robbery earlier that day and had left the city to head to Toronto in an SUV stolen from his sister to meet a friend. Toronto police, who had been warned that LeFleur was headed to Toronto and were waiting for him, shot LaFleur eight times on Bayview Avenue in North York late that night. He died soon after.

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Friends and family have described LaFleur as a gentle man who had struggled with mental illness since early adolescence. His mother, Rena LaFleur, said Monday that her son’s schizophrenia was usually under control but that he had not taken his medication.

She added that the family had warned police that LaFleur was carrying a inoperable BB gun and not a real firearm.