News Release

SIU Investigating After Man Shot, Wounded by OPP Officer on Highway 401 in Cambridge Area

Case Number: 24-PFI-513   

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Mississauga, ON (30 November, 2024) ---
 The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating after an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer shot and wounded a 45-year-old man last night on Highway 401.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 5:20 p.m., Oxford OPP officers stopped the driver of a vehicle eastbound on Highway 401 in the area of Homer Watson Boulevard in relation to an investigation.
  • One officer discharged his firearm and struck the driver of the vehicle.
  • The man was transported to hospital.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case. 

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation, including video or photos, to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online at: https://siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php


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