The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been called in after a man died early Friday morning in Barrie following a police-initiated traffic stop.
Police say the incident began after 3 a.m. when Barrie Police officers stopped a vehicle on Dunlop Street West between Frances Street North and Eccles Street North for a suspected impaired driver.
A 25-year-old female driver was arrested and charged with impaired operation over the legal blood alcohol concentration limit.
During the process, a 29-year-old male passenger fled the scene on foot, with the SIU detailing that officers learned that he was wanted on an arrest warrant.
Officers located him a short distance away after pursuing him on foot.
The SIU says a backyard of a Frances Street residence was the scene of the deployment of a conducted energy weapon during the interaction between the male and officers.
Eventually, the man's vital signs went absent, and first aid was administered before he was transported to hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. Police say the suspect was in serious condition when he was brought to hopsital.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case of the man's death.
Dunlop Street West was closed from Frances Street North to Eccles Street North until around 10:30 a.m., as was Frances Street North from Dunlop Street West to Henry Street.
