SIU investigating after Peel regional officer shoots at vehicle
Posted May 29, 2019 11:08 am.
Last Updated May 29, 2019 11:23 am.
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The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a weekend shooting involving a Peel regional police officer.
In a release, the SIU said Peel officers were dispatched to Marmac Road on Saturday afternoon around 3 p.m., after determining that a vehicle reported stolen was in the area.
“While police were investigating, a man approached the vehicle and entered it. He then proceeded to drive at one of the officers,” the SIU said.
The officer then fired his gun several times, striking the vehicle’s windshield.
The vehicle continued to flee until it was involved in a collision with another vehicle on Pettigrew Crescent near Winston Churchill Boulevard and The Collegeway. The suspect then fled and remains at large.
The SIU says evidence indicates he may have been struck by one of the officer’s bullets.
If you know anything contact the SIU.
