Menu

Topics

Connect

Comments

Comments closed.

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.

Please see our Commenting Policy for more.

Ontario’s police watchdog looking into death of woman, 24, in Cobourg

The SIU is investigating after the death of a woman, 24, at a Cobourg home. Nakita Krucker/Getty Images File

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The Special Investigations Unit is examining the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in a Cobourg, Ont., home.

Story continues below advertisement

The SIU says police received a call Wednesday morning about a dangerous situation and three officers went to the home.

The daily email you need for 's top news stories.

The police watchdog agency says a little over an hour after police received the call, a non-police issued firearm was discharged and a 24-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

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

Advertisement

You are viewing an Accelerated Mobile Webpage.

View Original Article