The Special Investigations Unit has closed an investigation regarding a Peel police officer who fired a gun at a suspect in May.

On May 25, at around 3 p.m., Peel police officers arrived at a home on Marmac Crescent in Mississauga in relation to an investigation of a stolen van. While police were at the home, a man entered the vehicle and drove toward one of the officers.

At that point, the officer fired two shots at the van, striking the windshield. The man did not stop and fled the scene.

Police found the van, with no driver, after it had crashed into a home on Pettigrew Crescent. Inside, a faint human blood stain was found on the right side of the driver’s seat.

In an attempt to appeal to the driver of the van, SIU issued a news release on June 12, 2019 asking for co-operation in the investigation. The agency received no response.

“The SIU has been unable to positively identify who was operating the van at the time of the shooting,” interim director Joseph Martino said.

Martino explained that the only “person of interest” spoke with the SIU and said he was not inside the van, nor shot at by police. Officers inspected his upper body and found no gunshot wounds.

“Based on these preliminary inquiries, which have revealed no serious injury to an identifiable complainant, the SIU is without jurisdiction to continue its investigation and the file is hereby closed,” Martino said.

The SIU is a provincial agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

