News Release
SIU Investigating Man’s Fatal Fall from Etobicoke Apartment Balcony
Case Number: 24-TCD-304
Witness Assistance
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 43-year-old man today in Etobicoke.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 11:45 a.m. on July 14, 2024, Toronto Police Service officers were dispatched to an apartment building on 5005 Dundas Street West.
- Officers attended an apartment unit on the 14th floor. Officers spoke with a man through the door, but he refused to open the door.
- A short time later, the man fell from the balcony to the ground below.
- He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation, including video or photos, to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online at: https://siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php
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
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