News Release
Peel Police Officers did not Cause Injury to Man who was Later Charged with Murder and Attempted Murder; SIU Terminates Investigation
Case Number: 18-OCI-007
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The Acting Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has terminated an investigation into an injury suffered by a 61-year-old man last month in Mississauga.
At approximately 1 a.m. on January 13, 2018, Peel Regional Police officers responded to a residence on Marmac Crescent in Mississauga for a domestic disturbance. When the man answered the door, he was holding a knife and his left hand was bleeding. An officer deployed a conducted energy weapon when the man did not comply with police demands to put the knife down and the man was arrested. He was later charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in relation to events that transpired in the home before the arrival of police.
Acting Director Martino said, “The evidence establishes that police officers did not cause or contribute to the man’s injury. Accordingly I have terminated the investigation into this incident.”
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