News Release
SIU Investigates Death in Norfolk County
Case Number: 12-PCD-352
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Mississauga (4 December, 2012) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 40-year-old man in Norfolk County yesterday.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• At approximately 10 a.m. on December 3, 2012, Ontario Provincial Police officers with the Norfolk County detachment responded to a residence on Windham East Quarterline Road East after receiving a call;
• Emergency Response Team and Tactical Response Unit officers also attended the scene;
• There was some verbal interaction with a man;
• At approximately 6:15 p.m., the man was found deceased, inside the residence, with a gunshot wound.
The SIU has assigned two investigators and two 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 416-641-1872 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1872.
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