News Release
SIU Investigates Shooting in Malton
Case Number: 07-OFI-241
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The SIU was notified that at about 4:55 p.m. this evening, four PRP officers responded to a domestic dispute call at a home on Delmonte Crescent in Malton. The officers found the man they were looking for outside a convenience store at 4369 Brandon Gate Drive. The officers were involved in a confrontation with the man inside the store and shots were fired by the police. The man was struck in the chest and is being treated at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is in critical condition.
There is no further information available at this time.
SIU forensic technicians are examining the scene and investigators have started interviewing six witnesses. Anyone else who has any further information about this incident is asked to contact the Unit at 416-622-1935 or 1-800-787-8529 ext 1935.
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