SIU formally identifies man killed in Brampton court shooting as Charnjit Singh Bassi

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has formally identified the man killed by police Friday at a Brampton courthouse as 45-year-old Charnjit Singh Bassi.

Bassi was shot by a Peel Regional Police officer.

The incident, witnesses said, began when a man tried to bypass a security lineup at the A. Grenville and William Davis Courthouse. When an officer called the man over, he started shooting at police, wounding one before another shot him, killing him instantly.

Const. Mike Klarenbeek, 53, was shot in the abdomen and rushed to hospital, but was transferred out of intensive care over the weekend. Klarenbeek has been with Peel Region Police for 30 years, working at the courthouse for the past five.

The SIU assigned 18 investigators, including two subject officers, two witness officers and three forensic investigators, to help with the case. The civilian agency is called in to investigate when police are involved in incidents involving alleged sexual assault, serious injury or death.