The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the discharge of an ARWEN tonight by a police officer in Whitby.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 8 p.m. on April 17, 2021, the Durham Regional Police Service received a 911 call regarding a woman in distress.
- Officers were dispatched, and they located the woman near the Whitby Public Library, in the area of Henry Street and Dundas Street West.
- There was an interaction, and one officer discharged an Anti Riot Weapon ENfield (ARWEN) at the woman.
- She was taken to hospital for assessment.
The woman did not sustain any serious injury, but the SIU’s mandate was invoked because a police officer discharged an ARWEN, which is classified as a firearm. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, a firearm is defined as a barreled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other projectile can be discharged and that is capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a person.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the discharge of a firearm that occurred in Oshawa.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- • At 4:41 p.m. on April 16, 2021, Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) received a report of a suspicious person and theft from the LCBO at Harmony and Taunton Roads;
- • An officer arrived in the area and discharged a firearm at a vehicle;
- • DRPS pursued the vehicle and it was stopped in the area of Highways 401 and 427;
- • The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody; and
- • No injuries have been reported as a result of the gunfire.
SIU investigators and forensic investigators have been dispatched to the scene of the shooting.