News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating After Boy, 12, Hurt in Toronto Police Shooting

Case Number: 26-TFI-283   

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Mississauga, ON (15 June, 2026) ---
The Special Investigations Unit is investigating after a 12-year-old boy, driving a stolen car, was shot at by a Toronto Police Service officer early this morning.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 1:30 a.m., police were called about a stolen car.
  • Officers in cruisers located the driver and attempted to block the car on Leaside Bridge. The driver attempted to flee and contact was made between the stolen car and an officer. In the course of the interaction, the officer shot his firearm multiple times at the driver.
  • The driver and two other occupants in the car, aged 12 and 13 years old, fled in the car. The car was abandoned at Floyd Street and Donlands Avenue, and the driver was apprehended a short distance away. EMS took the boy to hospital where he is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
  • The officer was treated and released from hospital.
Five investigators, three forensic investigators and a collision reconstructionist 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