CBC:
Toronto police officers "interacted" with three men ahead of a fatal shooting and wounding of two others after this weekend's Caribbean Carnival parade in Toronto, the province's Special Investigations Unit says...
...The SIU, a civilian agency that investigates situations involving police and civilians that lead to a serious injury or death, said police were called to an area near the parade after receiving a report of a disturbance involving three men.
"Officers interacted with the men and shots were fired," the SIU said in a news release early Sunday.
No more details about the shooting were released. It is unclear whether the officers involved fired the bullets that killed the man or wounded the others.
The Star:
The triple shooting that killed a 30-year-old man from Scarborough and injured two others is now in the hands of the Special Investigations Unit, a body that probes cases of death, serious injury and allegations of sexual assault involving police officers.
Details have been scarce. According to media reports, officers allegedly shot the man when he refused to drop a gun he fired into the crowd. The SIU has not confirmed the report.
“Police discharged their firearms; that’s why we’re there, but to what extent and how many and who, we can’t get to that yet,” said SIU spokesman Frank Phillips.
The SIU has identified two officers as the subject of their investigation
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