News Release
SIU Investigates Shooting in Scarborough
Case Number: 07-TFI-044
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Preliminary information from the investigation indicates that at approximately 2:14 p.m., two TPS officers responded to an unknown trouble call at a store in Markington Square Plaza. The officers arrived and became involved in an altercation with a 24-year-old male customer. Two additional officers arrived to assist. The confrontation between the police officers and the man continued and one officer discharged his firearm. The man was struck in the chest area and transported to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is in stable condition and his injuries are not considered to be life-threatening at this time.
Two officers were also taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
SIU forensic identification technicians are continuing to process the scene and interviews with civilian witnesses are also ongoing.
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