News Release
Death of Man near Hawkesbury Subject of SIU Investigation
Case Number: 16-PCD-121
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The province’s Special Investigations Unit is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 41-year-old man near Hawkesbury Friday morning.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- Shortly after 6:30 a.m. on May 13, Ontario Provincial Police officers received a call about a man in distress at a residence on Concession Road 8.
- Officers from the Hawkesbury detachment arrived and contained the area. Officers with the Tactics and Rescue Unit (TRU) arrived not long after that.
- Attempts were made to communicate with the man.
- Around 9:00 a.m., officers entered a structure on the property and found the body of a 41-year-old man. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The SIU has designated two subject officers and 18 witness officers as part of this investigation.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone with information related to this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.
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