News Release
SIU Investigates Death of Male in Thunder Bay
Case Number: 14-OCD-186
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Mississauga (11 August, 2014) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 38-year-old man in Thunder Bay this morning.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• Shortly before 3:00 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2014, officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service (TBPS) responded to a domestic call at an apartment in the 400 block of Donald Street West.
• On their arrival, officers found an injured woman and her critically injured 8-year-old daughter. The injured woman reportedly indicated that the man who had inflicted the injuries had left the residence.
• At approximately 7:30 a.m. the man was located by police in a parked vehicle on Wharton Road.
• The man was taken into custody and it became apparent that he had suffered serious injuries.
• He was transported to Thunder Bay Regional Hospital for treatment, where he was later pronounced dead.
The SIU has assigned two investigators and one forensic investigator to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone who may have information about this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1925 or 1-800-787-8529 extension 1925.
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 (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