The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding an interaction in East Gwillimbury yesterday afternoon that resulted in two York Regional Police officers fatally shooting a 37-year-old man.
York Regional Police officers responded to a weapons call at a house on Ridge Gate Crescent in Mount Albert at about 2:30 p.m. Feb. 6.
Officers found a deceased woman at the front door of the residence, according to an SIU news release.
On entering the house, two officers become involved in an interaction with a man, and shots were fired, the SIU stated.
The man was pronounced deceased at the scene, and two children and a woman were transported to hospital with serious injuries.
The SIU has assigned five investigators and four forensic investigators to the case, and at this time, two subject officers and one witness officer have been designated.
Anyone who may have information about this investigation is being asked to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The unit is also urging anyone who may have video evidence related to the incident to upload that video through the SIU website.
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials 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.
