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SIU investigates after man found dead at University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus

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The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the death of a 19-year-old man found at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus after he reportedly shot himself following an encounter with Peel Regional Police officers. The incident began as a dangerous weapons call when police located the man, who had allegedly assaulted a woman earlier in Brampton. UTM issued a shelter-in-place order for students near McLuhan Court residence on Monday night; this was lifted early Tuesday morning by Peel police after they said there was no threat to public safety. Classes at the university are cancelled today but the campus remains open.

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A 19-year-old man was found dead at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) campus after a police response to reports of an armed individual, which led to a shelter-in-place order for students. The incident occurred on Monday night around 9 p.m., when Peel Regional Police officers responded to calls about an assault in Brampton and located the suspect at McLuhan Court residence near Dundas Street West and Mississauga Road. A gunshot was heard inside the building, and the man was found with a self-inflicted wound. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the incident, which involved no injuries to others but required evacuating the immediate area. Classes were canceled on Tuesday while police remained at the scene overnight for security.

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Topics

Mississauga Peel Regional Police SIU UTM the University of Toronto’s

Subjects

Peel Regional Police ORG · 2× SIU ORG · 2× UTM ORG · 2× Brampton GPE · 1× Mississauga GPE · 1× Peel GPE · 1× The Special Investigations Unit ORG · 1× the University of Toronto’s ORG · 1×

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News of the person’s death comes after the school issued a shelter-in-place order Monday night for students near McLuhan Court residence, a complex that houses hundreds of first-year students.

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2026-11-03 · The Globe and Mail

SIU investigates after man found dead at University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus · assertive framing

Claims (9 extracted, 1 hedged)

The province’s police watchdog says it’s investigating after a 19-year-old man was found dead at the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus. asserted

man → say → campus

The Special Investigations Unit says preliminary information suggests the male died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after Peel Regional Police officers investigating an assault located the man at the UTM student residence. uncertain

officers → say → residence

News of the person’s death comes after the school issued a shelter-in-place order Monday night for students near McLuhan Court residence, a complex that houses hundreds of first-year students. asserted

that → come → students

Peel police later said the incident, described as a dangerous weapons call, had been resolved and there was no threat to public safety in an update early Tuesday morning. asserted

incident → say → update

The SIU alleges the man who died had assaulted a woman in Brampton on Monday afternoon and police located him at a student residence near Dundas Street West and Mississauga Road. asserted

police → allege → West

The watchdog says a gunshot was heard and the man was pronounced dead early Tuesday. asserted

man → say → ?

The SIU says it has invoked its mandate because Peel Regional Police officers were in and around the scene at the time of the man’s death. asserted

officers → say → death

The watchdog says no other injuries were reported and there is no threat to public safety. asserted

injuries → say → safety

UTM says its campus is open today but classes are cancelled. asserted

classes → say → ?