News Release
SIU Probes Sault Ste. Marie Man's Injuries
Case Number: 07-OCI-214
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At 8:33 a.m. this morning the Sault Ste. Marie Police were called to the Sault Ste. Marie Hospital to investigate a report of a man armed with a gun. Officers arrived and learned the man was in a hospital room on the second floor. The officers cleared the surrounding area around the room. A short time later, the man came out into the hallway and officers moved in to arrest him. During the course of the arrest, the man suffered a cut to his head and a broken elbow.
After he was arrested it was determined that the man had a pellet gun.
SIU investigators are currently en route to Sault Ste. Marie to begin an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man's serious injury. No further details are available at this time.
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