News Release

SIU Appealing for Witnesses in Scarborough Shooting

Case Number: 14-TFI-284   

Mississauga (19 December, 2014) ---
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is appealing for witnesses to the shooting injury of a 40-year-old man yesterday afternoon in Scarborough. 

Preliminary information indicates the following:
  • At approximately 4:45 p.m. officers with the Toronto Police Service (TPS) responded to a report of a man with a knife at the rear of the Walmart store located at Kennedy Rd and Sheppard Ave.
  • Police arrived at the scene and located the man. 
  • There was an interaction between the police and the man resulting in the man being shot.
  • The man was transported to Sunnybrook Hospital for treatment of his injuries. He remains in critical but stable condition. 

The SIU has assigned eight investigators and three forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident.  

Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 extension 1965 or at 416-622-1965.

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