What happen to Ejaz Choudry?
On June 20th, 2020 at around 5pm the daughter of Ejaz Choudry called a non-emergency line for help as Ejaz was experiencing a mental health crisis with his family. Although advised against it, Ejaz had just left a medical facility where he was receiving psychiatric care earlier that day. The entire crisis occurred for around three hours, unable to enter through the front door, police officers entered through the balcony, ignoring Ejaz’s family.
Ejaz Choudry was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the police assumed Ejaz was not taking his medication.The case report states Ejaz Choudry had a kitchen knife on his hand thus posing a safety threat to himself. Ejaz claimed he was not going to hurt himself to the Punjabi-speaking officers and stressed he did not want officers to enter as he feared they were going to shoot him, as he prayed.
After 20 minutes of having no communication, offers executed a plan to enter the balcony were the murder occured.The Special Investigations Unit has protected the name of the officer involved thus far. Ejaz Choudry died of a gunshot to the chest, however after he fell backwards with a knife in hand, police continued to shoot rubber bullets and kick him until he released it. The Special Investigations Unit has protected the name of the officer involved thus far.
UPDATE:
As of April 2020, there will be no criminal charges made against any police officer involved. “In a decision released Tuesday, Special Investigations Unit (SIU) director Joseph Martino concluded the Peel Regional Police officer who fired two bullets into Ejaz Choudry's chest acted reasonably when he opened fire from the balcony of Choudry's locked Mississauga, Ont., apartment on June 20, 2020.”
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