Man dead after York police execute search warrant at Toronto apartment building – Toronto

A man is dead after York Regional Police officers executed a search warrant on a residential building in Toronto's west end early Monday, police said.

York Regional Police said its officers were on Sherway Gardens Road near Evans Avenue in Toronto around 5 a.m.

There was “an interaction” with a 21-year-old man, police said.

Toronto paramedics told Global News they transported a man in critical condition after he fell from a balcony.

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In an update from York Regional Police, the man was pronounced dead.

Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, has been notified and is now investigating the conduct of York Regional Police officers in the incident, which resulted in the death of a man.

There is no information as to why exactly York Regional Police had to execute a search warrant in Toronto.

The SIU announced that it would release further information shortly.

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