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The mysterious, believed to be self-inflicted shooting death of a 19-year-old boy on the University of Toronto-Mississauga campus is now in the hands of the province’s Special Investigations Unit.
A 19-year-old man was found deceased early this morning in the area of University of Toronto Mississauga. As Peel Regional Police officers were in and around the scene at the time of the man’s death, the SIU was “notified and invoked its mandate,” it said in a media release.
The body was discovered after a very tense situation developing at a residence on McLuhan Court on the campus just off Mississauga Rd. on Monday night, where students reported hearing gunshots.
In this video on the University of Toronto Mississauga campus, you can see the shattered window of a residential unit on campus where a 19 year-old was found dead with what the SIU described as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. You’ll also notice a tree looking like it had been… pic.twitter.com/Pdnwbm9zw7
— Joe Warmington (@joe_warmington) November 3, 2026
Police initially responded to ‘intimate partner call’
Const. Tyler Bell-Morena of Peel Police said the incident at UTM began with an “intimate partner violence” call in Brampton in which a gun was allegedly used on a female victim.
It’s still under investigation whether the gun was discharged or used as a weapon without being discharged.
While students in the residence say they heard several gunshots, SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette said that, from early discussions with her forensic officers, it is believed there was one gunshot fired — believed to be the self-inflicted one that killed the 19-year-old.
Bell-Morena said some of the confusion may have been as a result of about 20 “Arwen” rounds (green, hard plastic material) fired into the unit.
Const. Tyler Bell-Morena of @PeelPolice describes how this incident on @UTM began with an intimate partner violence call in Brampton in which a gun was allegedly used on a female victim. pic.twitter.com/TlvVjKzk54
— Joe Warmington (@joe_warmington) November 3, 2026
In real time, Peel tactical officers were taking the approach that this could have been a hostage situation.
But “some of the people in the unit were able to self-evacuate,” said Bell-Morena.
He added that police responded to the campus because of unusual behaviour involving a handgun, and they were able to “quickly” determine it was related to the earlier incident in Brampton.The belief is that he chose this residence because there’s somebody he knew who lived in the unit
Well, the investigation is still underway. Bell-Morena said that it has not been determined that there was an assault victim on the campus but it is believed there was no one hurt.
Shelter-in-place at residence
Once gunshots were heard, a larger police response ensued. Emergency Task Force officers were deployed and the residence that houses students was put into a shelter-in-place and secure setting.
Police determined the gunshots had come from one of the residential units and carefully approached.
In the end, the discovery of the teen was discovered.
The SIU in its release said: November 2, 2026, police “received a 911 call after the man assaulted a woman in Brampton. Police attempted to locate and arrest the man.”
After 9 p.m., the suspect was “located by police at a student residence in the area of the University of Toronto Mississauga near Dundas St. West and Mississauga Rd.”
“A gunshot was heard and the man was found inside with a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” and he was “pronounced deceased early this morning,” the SIU added.
Peel Police said early Tuesday there were other injuries.
The SIU said it has “four investigators and two forensic investigators assigned.”
Terrifying situation there.
And it’s something that could also end up addressing concerns about outsiders gaining access to the campus, which, as of now, can be easily accessed from the community.