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Report on death of Blue Jackets' Matiss Kivlenieks now with Oakland County prosecutor

Oakland County prosecutors are reviewing the report on the death of Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks, who died July 4 in a fireworks accident at the Novi home of former Detroit Red Wings goaltender Manny Legace.

The police report was closed after a weeklong investigation revealed no wrongdoing.

“We are not asking for any criminal charges,” Novi Police Lt. Jason Meier told the Free Press on Monday. “But we did give it to the Oakland County prosecutor to review, just because of the high profile nature — to get a second set of eyes on it, make sure we didn’t miss anything.