News Release

News Release

SIU Continues to Investigate Officer-Involved Shooting Death of Man in Hamilton

Case Number: 22-OFD-233   

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Mississauga, ON (14 September, 2022) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 40-year-old man in Hamilton. The SIU has identified the man and notified his family; however, as per the SIU’s policy in death cases, his next of kin did not provide consent for the SIU to release his name publicly.

As previously released:

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 4:30 p.m. on September 12, 2022, officers from Halton Regional Police Service and Hamilton Police Service located a man suspected to be involved in serious incidents in Mississauga and Milton in the area of York Boulevard in Hamilton.
  • There was an interaction and officers shot the man in Mount Hamilton Cemetery near York Boulevard. Paramedics were called.
  • The man died at the scene.
At this time, two subject officials and seven witness officials from the Hamilton Police Service and two subject officials and 10 witness officials from Halton Regional Police Service have been designated. 

Seven investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case. The post-mortem is this afternoon.

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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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES