Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating after a 25-year-old man died following an 'interaction' with police officers in Vaughan.
, said there was an ineraction between the man and police, and one officer shot the man.
"Officers provided first aid. Paramedics took over medical care and he was transported to hospital via ambulance with serious injuries," they said.Four investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case as well as one subject official and five witness officials.Anyone with information about this investigation, including video or photos, is asked to contact the SIU’s lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or online.
The Special Investigations Unit is an arm’s length agency that investigates reports involving police, as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service, where there has been death, serious injury, allegations of sexual assault, and/or where a firearm has been discharged at a person.