The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has terminated its investigation into a shooting involving Windsor police outside a downtown business.
The incident took place on September 6, 2024, in the area of Goyeau Street and Elliott Street East.
A supermarket employee had called Windsor police to report a fight between two people. The incident moved across the street to another business, where a 57-year-old man was shot by an officer. The man died a short time later in hospital.
After conducting an investigation that involved the examination of numerous video clips from the area, SIU Director Joseph Martino concluded that officers did nothing criminal, and the investigation is now closed.
"I am also satisfied that the discharge and gunfire constituted reasonable force by the subject officials," wrote Martino. "The complainant was armed with weapons capable of inflicting grievous bodily harm and death. Though the evidence indicates he was not himself on the day in question, he remained a danger given the knives in his possession and his level of agitation...On this record, I am unable to reasonably conclude that either subject official acted unreasonably when they chose to meet a risk of death with lethal force of their own."
