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Relatives of Kaleym Davy, 19, gathered outside Toronto police headquarters to demand answers regarding his death in an August shooting in Mississauga, as the Special Investigations Unit investigates the incident involving unmarked police vehicles.
The family of a 19-year-old man killed in a police-involved shooting in August protested outside Toronto police headquarters Saturday, calling for information about what led to the incident.
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Toronto police and the SIU have not provided the name of the man killed, but family members have identified him as 19-year-old Kaleym Davy.
The family of a 19-year-old man killed in a police-involved shooting in August protested outside Toronto police headquarters Saturday, calling for answers on what led to the incident. Davy’s aunts, Kellise and Janelle Davy, said the family has been left in the dark about the circumstances in which he died on Aug. 6.
“I find it to be a complete disregard to the family,” Janelle told CBC Toronto. “We want to know why this excessive force, why he was taken down as some type of notorious gang member. ” Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the incident, which took place in Mississauga, near Council Ring Road and The Collegeway. The Toronto Police Service had been tracking a Mercedes in connection with a firearms investigation, according to the Special Investigations Unit .
At the time of the incident, SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon said officers located and tracked a Mercedes that had been reported stolen the day prior in Mississauga. The SIU then received updated information indicating the vehicle was not stolen, the police watchdog said. Five unmarked Toronto police vehicles were involved and three of them crashed into the Mercedes, according to Hudon.
She has previously said an officer then shot at least once into the vehicle and hit the driver — a 19-year-old man. He was later pronounced dead at the scene, Hudon said. The Mercedes had four people inside and the three passengers were taken into custody, according to the SIU. They are all facing firearm-related charges.
Toronto police allege that when they tried to stop the car, a suspect tried to flee and struck a plainclothes officer. At the time of the incident, Hudon said there was no information on what led to the shooting and how many shots were fired, but that there was no indication of an exchange of gunfire. She said two other firearms were located “in the vicinity of the Mercedes.
”At the time of the incident, SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon said officers located and tracked a Mercedes that had been reported stolen the day prior in Mississauga. The SIU then received updated information indicating the vehicle was not stolen, the police watchdog said. “The whole family is in turmoil over this,” she said.
“This is our nephew and somebody's child and somebody's son,” Kellise added. “It's very traumatizing. It's very unfortunate, it’s very sickening that this happened. ”“He was very athletic, he was very studious.
He was very outgoing, creative, innovative,” she said.
“He was such a great cook at such a young age. ” He had his future ahead of him, Janelle added.
“His life was just snuffed out and he wasn't even given a chance. ” Toronto police told CBC Toronto Saturday it had nothing further to add as the matter is before the courts and the SIU is investigating. In a statement to CBC Toronto Saturday, Hudon said the investigation is ongoing and the SIU is committed to supporting and providing information to loved ones.
“In this case, the family was offered and provided support through an assigned staff member from the SIU's Affected Persons Program,” she said. “This support began at the outset of the investigation and continues to include regular check-ins in the weeks following. ”“The SIU is committed to providing accurate information to the public while balancing transparency and the integrity of the investigation,” she said. Gabriela Silva Ponte has been with CBC Toronto since January 2025.
Currently, she works as a web writer, but has previously taken on a variety of reporting roles in ethnic media newsrooms and at Toronto Metropolitan University. Gabriela graduated from TMU with a Bachelor of Journalism. You can reach her at gabriela.silva.ponte@cbc.ca.
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