News Release

News Release

SIU Investigates Shooting Incident in Oshawa

Case Number: 12-OFI-153   

Mississauga (30 May, 2012) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting injury sustained by a 22-year-old man in Oshawa this afternoon.

The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) contacted the SIU and reported the following:
• At approximately 12:00 p.m. today, officers were investigating a complaint of a stolen vehicle;
• The vehicle was located a short time later, and there was an interaction between the driver and a DRPS officer near Hillside Avenue and Montrave Avenue;
• The male driver sustained a gunshot wound to the leg, and was taken to Lakeridge Health in Oshawa for treatment of a non-life threatening injury.

The SIU has assigned four investigators and three forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident. 

Anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-2290 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 2290.

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