News Release

News Release

SIU Investigates Police Shooting of Man in Sault Ste Marie

Case Number: 10-OFI-192   

Mississauga (5 September, 2010) --- Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the gunshot injuries sustained by a man in Sault Ste. Marie on September 4, 2010. The Sault Ste. Marie Police (SSMP) reported the following information to the SIU:

• At approximately 11:40 p.m. on Saturday, September 4, SSMP officers became involved in an investigation of a stabbing of a woman by a man at 629 Queen Street West, Sault Ste Marie;
• The man was wounded, and has been taken to the Sault Area Hospital, The General Hospital of Sault Ste. Marie for treatment; and
• The woman has been taken to the Sault Area Hospital, The General Hospital of Sault Ste. Marie for treatment.

Five investigators and two forensic investigators are investigating this incident. Anyone who may have information regarding this case is asked to contact the Unit at 416-622-0748 or 1-800-787-8529.

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