News Release
No Grounds to Lay Charges in Relation to Fatal Shooting in Scarborough
Case Number: 18-TFD-172
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Shortly after midnight on June 7, 2018, Toronto Police Service (TPS) officers responded to a Scarborough pub after an off-duty officer reported that a man in the pub was in possession of a firearm. Officers located the man sitting in the driver’s seat of a vehicle. The officers approached the vehicle, ordering commands for the man to get out of the car. The man ignored the commands and, when one of the officers opened the driver’s side door, the man pulled out a handgun. There was an exchange of gunfire, and the man was struck. Then Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against any TPS officer in relation to the man’s death.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.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