Hamilton police investigate homicide while SIU probes 'police involved shooting'

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 9:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Ontario's constabulary watchdog is investigating aft Hamilton constabulary accidental they recovered a "male unfortunate suffering from a stabbing," who aboriginal died, then were progressive successful a shooting that near another man with superior injuries.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said, successful a quality release, that "preliminary accusation suggests" that constabulary were called to an flat gathering successful the country of Hunter Street East and Spring Street conscionable earlier 4 p.m. connected Sunday.

The SIU says that constabulary entered an flat portion and recovered a antheral equipped with an "edged weapon." After that, the SIU says, "at slightest 1 serviceman discharged their firearm" and "the antheral was struck."

The SIU says helium was taken to hospital.

Just aft 6 p.m. connected Sunday, constabulary said, connected societal media tract X, formerly Twitter, that earlier that day officers were called to the country of Hunter Street and Spring Street and recovered "a antheral unfortunate suffering from a stabbing. Moments later, Officers had an enactment with a fishy and the SIU has invoked their mandate."

Police said the idiosyncratic stabbed died arsenic a effect of their injuries and they "are investigating this incidental arsenic a homicide."

The SIU says 4 investigators and 2 forensic investigators person been assigned to the lawsuit and are asking "anyone who whitethorn person accusation astir this investigation, including video oregon photos, to interaction the pb researcher astatine 1-800-787-8529 oregon online at: https://siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php."