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Update:

*Abdirahman Abdi, 37, has died. See our full story with the latest information here.

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* Jeff Leiper — the councillor for Kitchissippi Ward, where Abdi lived — released a statementshortly following news of Abdi’s death.

“This afternoon, I received word that Abdirahman Abdi passed in hospital. I cannot express fully my grief. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.

“In the past hours, we have received numerous expressions and sympathy from Kitchissippi residents. They have made numerous offers of help, and I have passed on to the family the community’s willingness to help they and their neighbours at this very difficult time. My thanks to everyone who has written.”

More to come. Updates from earlier today and our story from Sunday are below:

* The Special Investigations Unit — the civilian oversight body that investigates police cases that result in serious injury, death or sexual assault — said Monday morning that they’ve designated two subject officers and five witness officers in their investigation. (A subject officer, according to the SIU, is the officer who may have caused whatever is under investigation. Witness officers are the other officers involved in the case under investigation, but who are not subject officers. Subject officers are not required to co-operate with the SIU; witness officers must give an interview to SIU investigators, and the police service must hand over a copy of their notes.)