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Toronto police are facing harsh criticism after a video of officers fatally shooting an 18-year-old man armed with a knife on an empty streetcar was posted online over the weekend.

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The slain man has been identified as Sammy Yatim, 18. Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, which investigates deaths and serious injuries involving police, is now leading the probe into what occurred at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday morning on the Dundas streetcar.

Sensing the significant and growing anger of the public over the police shooting of Yatim, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair promised there would be answers for what occurred and offered his condolences to the family.

“As a father I can only imagine their terrible grief and their need for answers,” he said.

The highly unusual statement came after Toronto police told the National Post and other outlets that they could not speak on the shooting because the SIU was involved.