Ontario’s police watchdog has released its final report into a midtown Toronto shooting in October, revealing the circumstances that led to an officer being shot in the stomach.
Toronto Police work the scene where a police officer was shot in Toronto, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. The officer was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey. According to the Special Investigations Unit , two plainclothes officers were looking for a stolen Honda Civic linked to a series of robberies.The officers found the vehicle parked in the parking garage and sealed its doors.
“Unknown to the officer at the time, the Complainant had a handgun in the area of his right waistband,” the SIU said. “The Complainant freed his arms from the officer’s hold and attempted to stand up. There followed a struggle in which the parties grappled with each other for upwards of a minute – the Complainant attempting to break loose of the WO#1’s hold, and WO #1 trying to keep him on the ground,” the SIU said.
The Complainant was able to get in the Civic and exit the garage. According to the SIU, he would later turn himself in to police. He was lateras well as numerous firearm-related offences, failure to comply with a probation order, breach of a firearm prohibition order and breach of a probation order.Toronto police have charged three people in connection with the shooting of an officer in midtown.
Martino stated that he was satisfied the officer fired his weapon to defend himself from the Complainant who was running towards him holding a gun.
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