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SIU investigating after man dies during arrest at Whitby home

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating the death of a 48-year-old man in Whitby after police found him unresponsive inside a Macpherson Street home on Friday evening.

By Daily Durham News

Oct 5, 2026, 12:38 p.m. ET1 min read

Updated Oct 6, 2026, 3:52 p.m. ET

Downtown Whitby streetscape near Dundas and Brock Streets — Downtown Whitby. Photo: Dillan Payne, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). · Credit: Dillan Payne, Wikimedia Commons

The Special Investigations Unit, Ontario's police watchdog, has been called in to investigate the death of a 48-year-old man in Whitby.

Police went to a home on Macpherson Street, near Taunton Road West and Coronation Road, around 8:30 p.m. Friday to arrest the man on outstanding warrants. The man barricaded himself inside the home and threatened to harm himself with an edged weapon; officers later went in and found him unresponsive.

Life-saving measures were attempted but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone with information is asked to contact the SIU at 1-800-787-8529.

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