News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating Man’s Death in Kingston

Case Number: 19-OCD-169   

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Mississauga, ON (23 July, 2019) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 52-year-old man in Kingston earlier today.
 
Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 1:30 p.m. on July 23, 2019, Kingston Police officers were dispatched to the Harvey’s restaurant located on Princess Street in relation to how a man in the restaurant was behaving.
  • When officers arrived on scene, they located the man in the restroom area and took him into custody. 
  • The man was transported to hospital where he went vital signs absent and was subsequently pronounced dead.

Three investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to this incident. At this time, two subject officers and four witness officers have been designated. The post-mortem will take place Thursday morning in Kingston. 
 
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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