WATERLOO — A Waterloo Regional Police officer who hit two men with a cruiser during a gun call in the area of King and Hickory streets will not face criminal charges.

In a report released Tuesday, the executive director of the Special Investigations Unit said he was "unable to reasonably conclude" that the officer committed an offence.

The file is now closed, he said.

Local police received a 911 call at about 4 a.m. on April 20 to the area of King and Hickory streets in Waterloo.

A fight and gunshots were fired in the area.

Two men, ages 22, and 26, who were on the ground, were hit by the cruiser.

The 911 caller told dispatch that there was a large number of people on King Street and that one guy on the ground was getting jumped.

The report says the officer hit the complainants with the front of the cruiser. One man was "propelled" down King Street and came to rest in the northbound lanes.

The second man hit a parked vehicle.

The officer got out of the cruiser and provided first aid to one of the men.

One man with no vital signs was taken to Grand River Hospital. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed and a pulse was found.

The second man had a fractured leg and a head injury.

The director said it remains a "mystery" why the officer did not see the men and take action to avoid hitting them.

lmonteiro@therecord.com

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