Special Investgations Unit

News release from the Province’s Special Investigations Unit…
Mississauga, ON (30 May, 2016) —
The circumstances surrounding the firearm death of a 40-year-old man in Sault Ste. Marie is now the subject of an SIU investigation.

Preliminary information suggests the following:

•Around noon on May 29th, Sault Ste. Marie Police received reports of a pickup truck being driven erratically.
•An officer located the vehicle in the area of Fourth Line and Goulais Avenue and made an attempt to stop it.
•The vehicle pulled into a driveway on Fourth Line.
•Moments later, the man suffered a fatal gunshot wound.

One subject officer has been designated as part of this investigation.

Two investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to this incident.