News Release
SIU Investigating Shooting in Toronto
Case Number: 15-TFI-299
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Charges Not Warranted in Toronto Police Shooting of a Man with a Knife
- Shortly before 3:30 p.m., Toronto Police attended a residence at 17 Coquette Road. Officers were responding to a call for a man with a knife.
- Not long after officers arrived, there was an interaction with a 31-year-old man outside the residence.
- Several shots were fired.
- The 31-year-old man was wounded. He was rushed by ambulance to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, where he is undergoing surgery.
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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