News Release
SIU Investigating Firearm Death in Lindsay
Case Number: 11-OFD-114
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Mississauga (22 June, 2011) --- The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has dispatched an investigative team to Lindsay to investigate an incident involving the shooting death of a man.
The Kawartha Lakes police Service (KLPS) contacted the SIU at 11:50 a.m. today and reported the following:
· KLPS officers along with Peterborough Lakefield Police Service (PLPS) officers were conducting a criminal investigation at an apartment on Georgian Street in Lindsay;
· During the investigation shots were fired;
· An officer sustained gunshot injuries;
· A male who was in the apartment was fatally shot;
· The coroner has been contacted.
The SIU has assigned six investigators and four forensic investigators to probe the circumstances surrounding this incident.
Anyone who may have information regarding this case is asked to contact the Unit at 416-622-1935 or 1-800-787-8529 extension #1957.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
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