SIU investigating conduct of officers who responded to shooting call in Toronto
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The SIU said in a statement Friday that on Oct. 29 shortly before 4:30 a.m., police received a call about the sound of a gunshot at Kennedy and Ellesmere roads.
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the conduct of officers who responded to a shooting call in Toronto earlier this year.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a statement Friday that on Oct. 29, shortly before 4:30 a.m., Toronto police received a call about the sound of a gunshot at Kennedy and Ellesmere roads.
Officers responded and found a man on the ground, the SIU said.
Paramedics arrived and the man was taken to hospital where he died, the statement said.
Toronto police previously identified the shooting victim as 54-year-old Toronto resident Douglas Devlin.
In early November, 41-year-old Toronto resident Adrien Williams was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting.
The SIU said they launched an investigation after Toronto police notified the watchdog agency on Dec. 9 about the incident.
The SIU is an independent agency that investigates incidents involving police that have resulted in death, serious injury, alleged sexual assault, or firearm discharge at a person.
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