News Release
SIU Investigating Death following Interaction between Man and Toronto Police Officers
Case Number: 16-TCD-276
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Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is examining the circumstances surrounding the death of a 31-year-old man during an interaction with Toronto Police officers near St. Clair Avenue and Old Weston Road.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- Around noon today, Toronto Police received a 911 call.
- Several officers responded and arrived outside an address on Sagres Crescent. They confronted a man.
- There was an interaction and a police officer discharged a conducted energy weapon.
- The man went into medical distress. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Six investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to investigate this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about 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