News Release
SIU Investigating Firearm Death of Male in Burk’s Falls
Case Number: 14-PCD-157
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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 54-year-old man in Burk’s Falls this morning.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
- At approximately 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Almaguin Highlands detachment were contacted about a man with a firearm.
- The man suffered a firearm injury and was taken to Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Site.
- He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The SIU has assigned six investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-2293 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 2293.
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