(ORILLIA, ON) – Investigators have determined that the suspect in a national security investigation last week died from a gunshot wound.
On August 10, 2016 members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) attended a home in Strathroy, Ontario, to investigate a suspected threat to national security.
RCMP located a male suspect outside a home in Strathroy and during a confrontation with police the suspect died.
The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Aaron DRIVER from Strathroy Ontario. His remains were transported to the Office of the Chief Coroner and Ontario Forensic Pathology Service in Toronto Ontario for examination.
Chief of Police Laurie Hayman of the Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service requested the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) assume carriage of the investigation into the death of the suspect. Members of the Ontario Provincial Police and the Strathroy-Caradoc Police Service continue to jointly investigate the incident under the direction of OPP CIB, Detective Inspector Brad Nunn.