BRAMPTON, Ont. – Ontario’s police watchdog has identified a man fatally shot by police at a Toronto-area courthouse after an officer was shot and wounded on Friday.
The Special Investigations Unit says the victim was 45-year-old Charnjit Singh Bassi of Brampton, Ont.
Const. Mike Klarenbeek, 53, was providing security at the courthouse when a man wearing a long trench coat walked in and opened fire.
The 30-year-veteran of the Peel region police is out of intensive care but remains in hospital.
WATCH: Constable Mike Klarenbeek who was shot at the Brampton court house Friday is awake, talking to family and grateful. Cindy Pom reports.
There has been no word on a possible motive for the shooting.
Neighbours say Bassi was the father of a seven-year-old girl and was divorced about four years ago.
They say the couple appeared to remain amicable, adding the two lived near each other and he would mow his ex-wife’s lawn and shovel her driveway.
The SIU investigates cases involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
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