A constable with Toronto police has been charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault in connection with the death of a 19-year-old in 2021, Ontario's police watchdog says.
In a news release issued Friday, the provincial Special Investigations Unit announced charges had been laid against Const. Calvin Au, in connection with the death of Brampton man Chadd Facey.
Toronto police disciplinary documents lay out what allegedly happened during the incident. Both Au and Const. Gurmakh Benning are facing separate discipline charges stemming from a failure to report their connection to what happened, but Benning has not been criminally charged. The disciplinary charges have not yet been tested at the police tribunal.
Right after the transaction, Au realized the watch was counterfeit. That's when, the documents allege, Benning drove his car in the direction Facey was last seen running, eventually catching up to him. Benning said the watch was fake and he wanted his money back, but Facey continued to run, according to the tribunal.
According to tribunal documents related to Benning's disciplinary case, he had placed a call to 911 indicating a "Kijiji deal that had gone bad," but he did not identify himself as a police officer during the call, and later advised the operator that the matter was "resolved."Shortly after the incident, Facey was taken to hospital by paramedics, where he later died.
"In doing so, you committed misconduct in that you did act in a disorderly manner or in a manner prejudicial to discipline or likely to bring discredit upon the reputation of the Toronto Police Service," the documents read.
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