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A Winnipeg police officer will be charged with attempted murder, and another officer will be charged with lesser offences, after a man was shot during a robbery investigation in 2007.  
 
The police officers, who each have six years experience, have been arrested but won't officially be charged until Friday, Winnipeg police said Thursday.  
 
The pending charges stem from a robbery call that came in shortly before 2:45 a.m. CT on July 16, 2007, on Portage Avenue, west of Polo Park shopping centre, police said. A car chase followed, with the officers investigating the call pursuing a man they incorrectly believed to be involved in the robbery.  
 
The two vehicles — the officers' car and the man's vehicle — collided, and the officers proceeded to chase the man on foot near Grant Avenue and Lindsay Street.  
 
That's when the man, Kristofer Shawn Fournier, was shot in his lower body.  
 
Police later determined that Fournier was not involved in the robbery.  
 
He was treated in the hospital for his injuries, and has since been released.  
 
The incident triggered a lengthy investigation by the Winnipeg Police Service. The department's findings were forwarded to the Manitoba Department of Justice, which had an outside Crown attorney review the file.  
 
Upon the review, the Justice Department determined that charges should be laid.  
 
One officer has been charged with:  
 
* Attempted murder.  
* Fabricating evidence.  
* Discharging a firearm with intent to wound.  
* Aggravated assault with a weapon.  
* Careless use of a weapon.  
* Aiding and abetting dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.  
* Criminal negligence causing bodily harm.  
 
The second officer has been charged with:  
 
* Fabricating evidence.  
* Aiding and abetting discharge of a firearm with intent to wound.  
* Aiding and abetting aggravated assault with a weapon.  
* Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.  
 
The officers will be released from custody on a promise to appear in court, police said. Their first court date is June 1.  
 
The officers have been placed on administrative leave while the police department decides what their future status will be.  
 
The names of the officers will be released Friday.  
 
SOURCE: CBC.CA  
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/04/02/police-charges-shooting-manitoba.html