Overview
- The SIU charged Const. Andrew Lawson with one count of manslaughter, arrested him at its headquarters, and released him on an undertaking with conditions.
- The case stems from a July 30, 2025 hotel operation in Niagara Falls by the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad to detain a 40-year-old man on a Canada-wide parole revocation warrant.
- During the encounter, an officer fired a gun and struck the man, who was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Lawson is scheduled to appear in St. Catharines court on May 6, 2026 to answer the charge.
- The SIU, which investigates police conduct in deaths or serious injuries, says it will not comment further while the matter is before the courts to protect fair-trial rights.