News Release

SIU Investigating After Two Men Shot, One Fatally, in Innisfil

Case Number: 24-OFD-344   

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Mississauga, ON (15 August, 2024) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating a police-involved shooting in Innisfil this afternoon. One male, 19 years old, has been pronounced deceased and the other, also 19, is critically injured in hospital.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 3 p.m., officers were called to a residence on Shoreview Drive for a family dispute.
  • Officers arrived and there was an interaction involving the two men outside the residence. 
  • Four officers discharged their firearms at the men.
  • Both men were taken to hospital in Barrie, where one was pronounced deceased. The other man is critically injured and has been transferred to a Toronto hospital.
Four investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case. 

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation, including video or photos, to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online at: https://siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php



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

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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES