A man shot by Toronto police officers in Scarborough earlier this year has died in hospital, Ontario’s police watchdog says.

On Jan. 18, police were observing a 37-year-old man who was a person of interest in an investigation, the Special Investigations Unit said in a statement released Monday.

Around noon, officers confronted the man on McCowan Road, south of Town Centre Court. After what the SIU called an “interaction,” several officers fired shots and the man was struck multiple times.

The man was rushed to hospital for treatment and pronounced dead Monday.

SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon said the watchdog would not be releasing the man’s identity “at this time . . . in accordance with the SIU’s name release policy,” which requires next of kin consent to release names.

A source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to the Star that the dead man is Ricardo Miraballes, who was charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 13 death of Maryna Kudzianiuk.

Kudzianiuk’s body was found after a fire at an 18th-floor apartment unit at 25 Bay Mills Blvd., near Sheppard Avenue East and Warden Avenue.

The SIU said its investigation is continuing.

The SIU is an arm’s-length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been a death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

With files from Wendy Gillis

Ilya Bañares is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @ilyaoverseas

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