Niagara officer previously shot by detective now charged in road rage incident
Posted August 19, 2022 12:13 pm.
Last Updated August 19, 2022 2:04 pm.
A Niagara Regional Police officer who was previously shot several times by a detective during a headline-grabbing on-duty fight is now facing charges in a suspected road rage incident, Halton police say.
Nathan Parker, 56, of St. Catharines is facing charges of mischief under $5,000 and assault stemming from an incident on July 21, 2022.
In a release Friday, Halton police said after a dispute with a driver, Parker exited his vehicle and “struck the window of another vehicle, causing damage and prompting the victim to call 9-1-1.”
No one was injured during the confrontation and police say Parker was off-duty at the time.
Parker gained notoriety after he was shot several times by Detective Sgt. Shane Donovan on Nov. 29, 2018, and later faced charges for his role in the shocking police-on-police violence.
The two reportedly started fighting while investigating a crash that had occurred days earlier in a rural area near Welland.
Parker was shot in the shoulder and upper leg, with a grazing shot taking off the end of his nose.
He spent two weeks in hospital before being released.
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Despite being the recipient of bullets, Parker was charged with assaulting a peace officer, assault with intent to resist arrest, and assault with a weapon.
All those charges were later dropped after the Crown concluded that prosecution was unlikely and not in the public interest after the credibility of some of Donovan’s testimony came into question.
Niagara police Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan is accused of shooting fellow officer Const. Nathan Parker on Nov. 29, 2018.
Donovan, meanwhile, faced charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon — charges that were also later tossed because the prosecutor felt there was no reasonable chance of conviction.
Parker has apparently faced multiple disciplinary hearings under the Police Services Act in the past.
In 2015, he pleaded guilty to discreditable conduct and unnecessary use of force against a prisoner and was docked pay.
