News Release
SIU Investigating Police-Involved Shooting in Hamilton
Case Number: 20-OFD-166
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Witness Assistance
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding a police-involved shooting that occurred today in Hamilton.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 3:30 p.m. on July 7, 2020, the Hamilton Police Service received a call that was domestic in nature.
- At around 4 p.m., officers located a person of interest – a 42-year-old man – in a vehicle in a convenience store parking lot located at Cannon Street East and Gage Avenue North.
- As several officers approached the vehicle, there was an interaction and two officers discharged their firearms. The man was struck.
- He was transported to hospital where he remains in critical condition.
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 to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The Unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website.
The SIU is a civilian agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or an allegation of sexual assault. Under the Police Services Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether an officer has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, lay a criminal charge against the officer if appropriate or close the file without any charges being laid
- report the results of investigations to the Attorney General.
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Monica Hudon, monica.hudon@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES
Telephone/No de téléphone: 416-622-2342 or/ou 1-800-787-8529 extension 2342