News Release
Investigation Started into Incident involving Windsor Man
Case Number: 17-OCI-081
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The province's Special Investigations Unit is examining the circumstances surrounding an incident in Windsor in which a 27-year-old man suffered serious leg injuries.
Preliminary information suggests the following occurred:
- Sometime in the afternoon of April 17, 2017, Windsor Police received a call for assistance.
- Officers responded to a residence on Riverside Drive near Crawford Avenue.
- Just after 4:00 p.m., a 27-year-old man was transported to hospital with serious leg injuries.
The SIU has assigned three investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident.
The SIU is appealing to 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