A man is dead after York Regional Police officers executed a search warrant at a condo building in Toronto’s west end early Monday, police say.
York Regional Police said their officers were at Sherway Gardens Road, near Evans Avenue, in Toronto at around 5 a.m.
There was “an interaction” with a 21-year-old man, police said.
Toronto Paramedics told Global News they transported a man in life-threatening condition following his fall from a balcony.
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In an update from York Regional Police, the man was pronounced dead.
Ontario’s police watchdog, The Special Investigations Unit, was notified and is now investigating the conduct of York Regional Police officers in the incident that resulted in a man’s death.
There is no word on why exactly York Regional Police needed to carry out a search warrant in Toronto.
The SIU said it will release more information soon.
A York Regional Police cruiser parked at the scene in Toronto on Monday.
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