Four suspects released, one charged following Lindsay shooting
Posted June 23, 2011 10:19 am.
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LINDSAY, Ont. – Kawartha Lakes Police Service said all but one of the five people who were arrested following a shooting in Lindsay that wounded a Peterborough police officer have been released pending further investigation.
Jennifer Nicholson, 39, of Bowmanville, Ont., has been charged with one count of breach of recognizance. She has a bail hearing, Thursday.
Const. Keith Calderwood, Peterborough’s Emergency Response Team, remains in stable condition at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.
The officer was shot during a raid on a suspected crack house on Wednesday. One person was killed in the shooting.
Const. Calderwood was shot around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday near Georgian and Melbourne Streets.
He was rushed to the Lindsay hospital shortly before noon, from which he was airlifted to the trauma centre at St. Michael’s Hospital, about 130 kilometres away, where he is recovering from a bullet wound to the chest and another to the leg.
“I can say that our officer is in stable condition,” Peterborough staff Sgt. Dan Smith told 680News. “It’s just one of the things in policing that we have to deal with on a daily basis unfortunately, but fortunately our officer should recover.”
Const. Calderwood — a 10-year veteran of the force — is married and has three children. His family is with him in hospital.
Meanwhile, the province’s special investigations has taken over the case.
The raid was a joint investigation between the City of Kawartha Lakes police and Peterborough Lakefield Community Police.
