After the funeral for Ejaz Choudry, dozens of attendees marched along Goreway Drive in Mississauga and chanted, 'No justice, no peace.'
“My uncles, aunts, cousins, brothers, sisters, kids have all been mourning for four days,” Hassan Choudhary, Choudry’s nephew, told those in attendance Wednesday evening, speaking on behalf of the family.
“My uncle would sit outside his building … and he would just sit, sit on the corner, sit on the steps, sit on the rocks, play with little kids.Family of 62-year-old man who died after police shooting in Mississauga call for inquiry Officers were called to Choudry’s home near Goreway and Morning Star drives in Mississauga on Saturday after his family said he had a schizophrenic episode and had threatened to hurt himself. A police spokesperson said Choudry reportedly was not taking his medication.Police also said officers believed the man had access to weapons and entered the home after he stopped communicating, leading to an “interaction” where police fired a stun gun, plastic bullets and a gun.
Family members said they asked police to allow them to try to calm their uncle down but were told by officers to be patient.Read more:Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit , invoked its mandate and is looking into the conduct of the responding officers. By law, police can’t comment on the specifics of an incident after the SIU invokes its mandate. However, family members have called for an independent public inquiry to investigate Choudry’s death.
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