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Officers respond to weapons complaint on Lisgar Street - 38-year-old man charged

Around 7:45 p.m. on May 4, 2023, police were dispatched to a weapons complaint at Lisgar Street at Elm Street. Information provided was that individuals were involved in an altercation. During the altercation, a man pointed a firearm at another man, however the man pushed the gun away and the gun discharged leading to a woman involved in the initial altercation being shot.

The 41-year-old woman was transported to hospital by City of Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services with serious injuries.

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Natalie Hiltz Named As New Deputy Chief of Police for the Greater Sudbury Police Service

The Greater Sudbury Police Services Board is pleased to announce that Inspector Natalie Hiltz has been selected as the next Deputy Chief of Police for the Greater Sudbury Police Service. 

Natalie joins the Service in her 28th year of policing after proudly serving the Peel Regional Police Service, most recently as Inspector and officer in charge of Community Safety and Well-Being Services. With the recent retirement of Chief Administrator Officer, Sharon Baiden, the Board decided to move to a...

16-year-old believed to be responsible for shooting at Overtime Sports Bar arrested in Toronto

UPDATE 2

Around 7:35 a.m. this morning, April 29, 2023, the Toronto Police Service arrested the 16-year-old believed to be responsible for the fatal shooting at Overtime Sports Bar in Greater Sudbury.

The youth has been charged with the following offences under the Criminal Code of Canada;

• Murder
• Possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose
• Carrying concealed weapon
• Unauthorized possession of a prohibited device
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition

UPDATE – New images of person believed to be responsible for shooting at Overtime Sports Bar

UPDATE

Through the ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting on April 21, 2023 at Overtime Sports Bar in Greater Sudbury that took the life of a 22-year-old man, Detectives have obtained additional images of the person believed to be responsible.

It is believed that the individual responsible for the shooting is a young person (under the age of 18), therefore Detectives have applied for and been granted permission to release the images pursuant to a judge’s order under Section 110, subsection...

Four people arrested and charged in connection to the murder of 31-year-old man

UPDATE 2

On April 14, 2023, Detectives from the Major Crime Section of our Criminal Investigation Division located the body of 31-year-old Emad Ali in a wooded area off Dryden Road in Greater Sudbury. Upon locating the body, members of our Search and Rescue Team working in collaboration with North Shore Search and Rescue and GSPS and OPP K9 Units conducted an extensive ground search of the area.

Through the investigation it is believed that Emad was murdered in November 2022 and his body was...