News Release
No Criminal Wrongdoing Found in Relation to Fatal Police-involved Shooting in Scarborough
Case Number: 19-TFD-147
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SIU Investigating Fatal Police-involved Shooting in Scarborough
In the evening hours of June 25, 2019, Toronto Police Service (TPS) officers with the Guns and Gangs Task Force surrounded a vehicle in the area of Midland Avenue and Midwest Road to arrest the 21-year-old male driver on an outstanding arrest warrant. When the man drove forward and struck an officer, another officer fired three shots at the man. The man was transported to hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined that there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a TPS officer committed a criminal offence in connection with 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