SIU investigating after man, 35, shot by police at Brampton apartment
Posted June 25, 2025 10:49 am.
Last Updated June 25, 2025 3:37 pm.
The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a 35-year-old man was shot by police at an apartment in Brampton.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said based on preliminary information, officers with Peel Regional Police (PRP) received a call about a family dispute at a unit in the building on Malta Avenue, near Ray Lawson Boulevard and Hurontario Street, around 9:50 a.m. on Wednesday.
SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette said when officers arrived at the unit, a man approached police with a knife in his hand and one officer fired a single shot. The man was struck in the abdomen.
Paramedics transported the man to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police said he is listed in stable condition and is expected to recover.
Denette said two family members, not including the man, were in the unit at the time of the shooting.
A woman called police out of concern for her family member.
“A family member called police just concerned about her family member and the way he was acting,” she said.
“Preliminary information suggests that the man does have some mental health conditions so that will be something that will be looked at.”
Peel police Const. Tyler Bell said officers arrived at the scene shortly after receiving the call. He said the shooting occurred in an apartment on the sixth floor and that they have been called to the unit before.
Const. Bell said the man who was shot lived in the unit.
No officers were injured in the shooting.
A resident of the building, on lives on a floor below where the shooting occurred, told CityNews she heard a bang, and screaming either before or after the shooting.
Police warn residents to expect a large police presence in the area as the SIU and Peel police investigations continue.
With files from Shauna Hunt, CityNews
