News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating Death of Man in Windsor

Case Number: 17-OCD-262   

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Mississauga, ON (15 September, 2017) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 34-year-old man in Windsor today.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • In the afternoon hours of Friday, September 15, 2017, officers with Windsor Police Service (WPS) attended a residence on Betts Avenue to locate a man connected to an investigation being conducted by the Amherstburg Police Service (APS).
  • Police officers set up a perimeter around the residence.
  • At approximately 2 p.m., officers entered the residence and located the man in the garage. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
    
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to this incident.

At this time, 11 witness officers have been designated – eight from WPS, three from APS and one from the Ontario Provincial Police.

The post-mortem is scheduled for tomorrow morning in London.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. 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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