One man is deceased and one other is critically injured after a taking pictures by 4 South Simcoe cops in Innisfil on Thursday, in accordance with Ontario’s Particular Investigations Unit.
The person who died and the person who’s injured are each 19 years outdated.
In a information launch on Thursday, the SIU stated the South Simcoe Police have been known as to a house on Shoreview Drive within the city, about 75 kilometres north of Toronto, for a household dispute at about 3 p.m.
“Officers arrived and there was an interplay involving the 2 males outdoors the residence,” the SIU stated within the launch.
“4 officers discharged their firearms on the males.”
Each males have been taken to hospital in Barrie, the place one was pronounced deceased, the SIU stated. The opposite man has been transferred to a hospital in Toronto, the SIU added.
Initially, the SIU stated the 2 have been youths, however clarified later to say they have been 19-year-olds.
The South Simcoe Police Service stated in a information launch earlier that its officers responded to a “violent incident” at a residential handle in Innisfil and that an “altercation” occurred between the officers and males.
The South Simcoe police have requested that the Ontario Provincial Police conduct a parallel investigation within the incident. They stated they might not remark additional as a result of the SIU has invoked its mandate.
The SIU has assigned 4 investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.
SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette advised CBC Toronto video captured by body-worn cameras of the officers concerned within the taking pictures shall be a part of the investigation.
The SIU is an impartial authorities company that investigates the conduct of cops that will have resulted in loss of life, harm or the discharge of a firearm, or led to allegations of sexual assault.
