Mark Dicesare ID'd as man shot dead following chase with Winnipeg police
CBC News | Posted: November 7, 2015 9:00 PM | Last Updated: November 9, 2015
'Standoff ended when Mr. Dicesare took action that officers responded to with lethal force': police
Winnipeg Police have revealed the identity of a man shot to death following a wild chase and standoff near the Grant Avenue and Kenaston Boulevard intersection Friday.
Police and the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba identified the man as 24-year-old Mark Dicesare.
On Friday, CBC News learned Dicesare was seen with a gun while driving. Dozens of cruisers chased his car down, surrounding it in a field near Lipsett Hall at the former Kapyong Barracks military site just after 1 p.m. CT.
"Police units contained Mr. Dicesare in the field and attempted to engage him," Deputy Chief Danny Smyth said Saturday.
"What followed was a standoff that lasted for about 20 minutes. The standoff ended when Mr. Dicesare took action that officers responded to with lethal force."
Dicesare was shot by police. Paramedics treated Dicesare in the field, but he died of his injuries, Smyth added.
Beginning of chase
Prior to the shooting, an officer first encountered Dicesare in the area of Ridgewood Avenue and Oakdale Drive in Charleswood at 12:20 p.m. Friday.
"The officer focused her attention to Mr. Dicesare and his vehicle because of erratic behaviour and called for back up and attempted to follow," Smyth said.
That encounter prompted Dicesare to speed off, police said, adding officers lost track of his vehicle for a time in the area of Wilkes Avenue and Fairmont Road.
When his vehicle was relocated, that started off the multi-police cruiser chase through Tuxedo.
It ended in the standoff in a field north of Grant at the Kenaston intersection at about 1:15 p.m. after officers fired on Dicesare.
Smyth said five officers have been identified as directly involved.
"Now what that means is that they were involved in the lethal force encounter at the standoff in the field," he said.
The investigation is continuing by the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba.
No more details are available at this time.