The death of a 54-year-old man near Innerkip, Ont, early Monday morning is being probed by the province’s police watchdog.
In a statement, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said provincial police were called to the scene near Oxford Road 22 and Oxford Road 29, about five kilometres east of Innerkip, around 1 a.m. for a report of a man in distress.
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When police arrived, they located a vehicle at the side of the road. Inside the vehicle was a man with a gunshot wound, the SIU said. The man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem has been scheduled for Tuesday in London.
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Few other details are known, and the agency said it had assigned three investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.
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.
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