Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says it has found no basis to proceed with criminal charges following the death of a man at a home in Burlington, Ont., in June.
In the early morning of June 3, Halton Regional Police Service officers were dispatched to the home in response to a disconnected 911 call from the address.
The SIU said when the 911 dispatcher called back, they heard a conversation between a mother and son suggesting the son had killed someone inside the house and was now threatening the mother.
When officers arrived the mother opened the door and told them her son was upstairs inside a bathroom, the SIU said.
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According to the SIU, an officer directed the man, 28, to drop the knife and come ou