An inquest has heard that a Peterborough man had started to turn his life around just three years before being shot and killed by police on a remote lake in northwestern Ontario. Levi Schaeffer was 30 years old when he was killed by officers investigating a stolen boat on Osnaburgh Lake near Pickle Lake.
The inquest has heard that Schaeffer was wielding a knife and a can of bear spray while charging at Constable Kris Wood who shot him twice.
Schaeffer's mother, Ruth, testified he was diagnosed with panic and personality disorders.
Wood has testified he had no other option to deal with Schaeffer and that he feared for his life.
