News Release
SIU Investigates Death of 22-year-old-man in Toronto
Case Number: 14-TCD-180
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Preliminary information indicates the following:
- Early this morning, on Monday, August 4, 2014, a Toronto Police Service (TPS) officer was on duty at a concert at Downsview Park.
- The officer observed two people carrying a man and went to assist.
- The officer requested an ambulance respond to treat the man as the man appeared to be in medical distress.
- While Emergency Medical Responders (EMS) tended to the man, he became violent and had to be restrained by the EMS staff with assistance of the police and the man was handcuffed.
- The man was being treated in the ambulance and the handcuffs were removed. While the man was being transported by ambulance to the hospital, he became vital signs absent and was pronounced deceased.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-2150 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 2150.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations