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Update: Man Shot by Police in Windsor Pronounced Deceased

Case Number: 25-OFD-373   

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Mississauga, ON (20 September, 2025) ---
The 58-year-old man shot by Windsor Police Service officers passed away this morning in hospital. The Special Investigations Unit continues to investigate. 

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 2:45 p.m. on September 18, 2025, a man reported to police that he wanted to harm himself. 
  • Officers attended a residence in the area of Stanley Street and Lillian Avenue and encountered the man in the backyard. Further investigation found the man pointed his firearm in the direction of the officers and then went inside the residence.
  • Officers made attempts to negotiate with the man.
  • The man exited the residence, pointed the firearm at officers, and three officers discharged their firearms. The man was struck.
  • The man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced deceased this morning. 
Three subject officials and three witness officials have been designated at this time.
Five investigators and three 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 has been negatively affected by an incident under SIU investigation and would like support, the Affected Persons Program is here to help. You can reach us at 1-877-641-1897. Support is free, confidential, and available 24/7, every day of the year.

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, 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