News Release

SIU Investigating after Man Falls from North York Apartment Building

Case Number: 17-TCI-028   

Mississauga, ON (5 February, 2017) ---
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the falling injuries sustained last night by a 34-year-old man in North York.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2017, officers with the Toronto Police Service received a call and responded to an apartment building located at 2222 Weston Road.
  • Officers attended a 4th floor unit.
  • A short time after police entered the unit, a man fell from the 4th floor balcony to the ground below.
  • The man was taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for treatment of multiple serious injuries. He remains in hospital in serious but stable condition.

    
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to investigate this incident. At this time, three subject officers and six witness officers have been designated.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 ext. 2038. The Unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website.

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

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