News Release
SIU Investigating After Officer Fired Less-Lethal Shotgun at Man in Scarborough
Case Number: 25-TFP-139
Witness Assistance
- At approximately 11 p.m. on April 11, 2025, Toronto Police Service officers responded to an apartment building in the area of Neilson Road and Military Trail for a domestic incident.
- Inside an apartment unit, the officers encountered a 40-year-old male who was in crisis and was holding a knife.
- When the man proceeded to harm himself, an officer discharged their less-lethal firearm at the man multiple times. He was apprehended.
- EMS arrived and transported the man to hospital for treatment.
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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Monica Hudon, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES