The Toronto Police Services Board says the renowned gunsmith who died in a police raid just over a year ago “was the author of his own misfortune” in a recently filed statement of defence.
The statement, filed on Sept. 2, is in response to a $23 million lawsuit filed by Rodger Kotanko’s family, which alleges an “unlawful” raid led to his “wrongful death.”
An officer shot the 70-year-old while executing a search warrant on Nov. 3, 2021 at his gunsmithing workshop in Ontario’s Norfolk County.
