The new Policing Board is to question the PSNI chief constable on the shooting dead of a man in Ballynahinch, Co Down, on Easter Sunday.
Sir Hugh Orde will face questions from Policing Board members at a public session of the board on May 3rd.
Steven Colwell (23), a father of one, was shot dead by a PSNI officer as a stolen BMW car approached a vehicle checkpoint outside the police station on the town's Church Street.
Policing Board chairman Prof Sir Desmond Rea said yesterday the incident was a tragic one for all involved.
"Irrespective of the circumstances of this incident, a life has been lost and a family is grieving," he said.
"It is also a traumatic event for the police officers who were involved in the incident.
"Police officers carry a tremendous burden of responsibility in policing our community, as this incident so clearly highlights."
He said the incident was a matter for the Police Ombudsman's office and Nuala O'Loan's team of investigators.
"The board will carefully consider the findings of this report and any recommendations arising from it," he said.
"There has been comment in the media as to whether or not the officer involved in the incident should be suspended. This is a matter for the PSNI to consider, in conjunction with the Police Ombudsman, as the investigation proceeds.
"It is the Policing Board's responsibility to hold the police to account through the chief constable. In line with this responsibility, board members will question the chief constable on this incident at their next meeting on May 3rd."
Mr Colwell's three brothers have contradicted an account of the fatal incident by DUP Assembly member Jim Wells.
Mr Wells has claimed he had accurate information relating to the shooting. However, the three Colwell brothers said they had been briefed by the Police Ombudsman's office.
"We now know that some of the things that have been said and described as fact are simply untruths," they said in a statement.
They said the truth was yet to be established and that people should await the outcome of the Police Ombudsman's investigation, which is expected by late July.
They complained that the incident had become politicised and that there had been a "rush to judgment".
Mr Colwell is the second person to be shot dead in incidents involving the PSNI since the service was established in 2001.
In April 2003, Neil McConville was shot dead outside Lisburn, Co Antrim.