News Release
SIU Investigating Shooting of Man in Fort Erie
Case Number: 18-OFI-146
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- At approximately 8 p.m. on May 18, 2018, officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service responded to the Urgent Care Centre at the Douglas Memorial Site in response to a stabbing.
- Upon arrival, the officers saw one individual – a 61-year-old man – with knife wounds. Soon after, a 29-year-old man approached the officers.
- There was an interaction between officers and the 29-year-old man, and one officer discharged his firearm.
- The man was struck and subsequently transported to the Erie County Medical Centre in Buffalo for treatment. The man who sustained stab wounds was admitted to that same hospital.
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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