A man has died of his injuries following a police-involved shooting in Scarborough, the Province's Special Investigation Unit says.
The man was shot after police responded to a Toronto Community Housing building on Adanac Drive shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday evening.
He was pronounced dead after being rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital.
Officers at 43 Division told CP24 the man had been shot by police.
SIU Investigator Steve Adam told CP24 that Toronto police came to the area after receiving a call about an emotionally disturbed person. However it isn’t yet clear if that person was the man who was shot.
“There was a confrontation just outside the building,” Adam said. “The man is alleged to have been armed with a knife and … one or more shots were fired by one or more police officers.”
He said a knife was found at the scene.
Susan Kent, a witness at the scene, told CP24 that a neighbour in her building reported being held up by a man with a knife at a nearby bus stop on Eglinton Ave. prior to the shooting, though it wasn’t clear if that incident was related to the shooting.
“Whether the man pulled a knife on the police – I don’t know,” Kent said. “I just know that I heard someone say ‘stop’ and then four shots.”
The SIU has now assigned five investigators and three forensic investigators to look into the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
The SIU is an arm's length agency brought in to investigate whenever police are involved in a death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
The deceased man has not yet been identified.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-2150 or 1-800-787-8529 ext. 2150.
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