News Release

News Release

SIU Investigates Fatal Police Shooting in Peterborough

Case Number: 15-OFD-061   

Mississauga (5 April, 2015) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 23-year-old man last night in Peterborough.

Preliminary information indicates the following:

• On Saturday, April 4, 2015, after 11:30 p.m., officers with the Peterborough Police Service responded to a disturbance call at a Tim Horton’s restaurant located at 157 George Street North;
• A short time later, an officer located the man on Wolfe Street;
• There was an interaction between the officer and the man, and the man was shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

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

At this time, one subject officer and four witness officers have been designated. A post-mortem examination is scheduled for Tuesday in Toronto.

Anyone who may have information regarding this case is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1886 or 1-800-787-8529 ext. 1886.

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