Sault man stabbed himself as police responded to a domestic disturbance, SIU concludes

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has ended its probe into an incident last December in which a 30-year-old Sault man received several stab wounds, including one to his neck.

SIU director Joseph Martino said the evidence clearly showed the wounds were self-inflicted.

The incident took place Dec. 17, 2024, as Sault police arrived at a residence to investigate a domestic disturbance between a man and a woman.

“As the officers were arriving in their cruisers, the man, standing by his vehicle parked on the roadway by the address, cut his neck and repeatedly stabbed himself in the chest before collapsing to the ground,” Martino wrote in a news release Monday.

Chest and neck wounds

“The officers radioed for paramedics to attend. The man was transported to hospital and treated for a neck laceration and superficial chest wounds.”

Based on video footage from the scene and other evidence he reviewed, Martino said the investigation should be discontinued since the police clearly were not responsible for the man’s injuries.

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“It was plain and obvious that neither officer did anything that could conceivably attract criminal liability in connection with the man’s self-inflicted injuries,” he said in the release.

“The man was alone responsible. As such, the file has been closed.”

Read the full release here.