News Release

SIU Investigates Shooting Incident in Pickering

Case Number: 12-OFI-204   

Mississauga (16 July, 2012) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting injuries sustained by a 17-year-old male in Pickering this morning.

The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) contacted the SIU and reported the following:
• At approximately 7:30 a.m. today, DRPS officers responded to a reported robbery at 1398 Kingston Road in Pickering;
• There was an interaction between the man and DRPS;
• Several shots were fired by police; and the male sustained at least one gunshot wound;
• The man was initially taken to Rouge Valley Health System for treatment and later transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital with life-threatening injuries; 

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

Anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1935 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1935.

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