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An Ottawa police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing for tasing a man as he drove his electric wheelchair at people on an Elgin Street sidewalk while armed with a knife and hammer.

The man broke his leg as he fell from the chair in the July 13, 2018, incident.

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The man arrived at the Elgin Street station at about 3:15 a.m. saying that he wanted to turn himself in to police, according to a summary of the incident in a report to the Oct. 28 meeting of the police services board.

But as an officer came outside to speak to him, he began screaming and advanced on the officer with the weapons.

The officer drew his conducted energy weapon and advised the man he was under arrest but he took off northbound on Elgin Street, still brandishing the knife and hammer.

More officers arrived and tried to stop the man as he threatened to kill them, too.

As the man approached a group of people, knife and hammer in hand, the officer deployed the conducted energy weapon. The suspect stopped, rolled out of the wheelchair and dropped the hammer, but not the knife.