Supplied by the Special Investigations Unit…
Mississauga, ON (21 April, 2020) —
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 49-year-old man yesterday in Elliot Lake.

Preliminary information suggests the following:

•Shortly after 11 a.m. on April 20, 2020, a 49-year-old man attended the probation and parole office located on Philip Walk in Elliot Lake.
•While in the presence of Ontario Provincial Police officers, the man sustained a gunshot wound.
•He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to the case.

At this time, it does not appear that any police officer discharged a firearm at any time during this incident.