All officers at Toronto woman’s apartment before her death interviewed, SIU says

The Special Investigations Unit says it has also found video security footage at the building in the city’s west end where Regis Korchinski-Paquet died

The SIU says it has interviewed four other witnesses and is expected to interview Ms. Korchinski-Paquet’s family this week.The 29-year-old woman’s death sparked an outcry from her family who said they called police to help with her mental health.

Thousands marched on Saturday to police headquarters to protest the treatment by officers of black and Indigenous people and those in a mental-health crisis. The family, police Chief Mark Saunders and Mayor John Tory have asked the SIU to expedite the investigation, which the watchdog says it is doing.

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