Last year, an inquest was called into the death of three people who appeared to have mental-health issues when they were shot and killed by Toronto police between 2010 and 2012. The province’s coroner’s office has not yet announced a date for the inquest.

In one of the cases, a 29-year-old man, Michael Eligon, fled a hospital where he had been involuntarily admitted under the Mental Health Act. Wearing only a hospital gown and armed with two pairs of scissors, Mr. Eligon attempted to rob a convenience store, steal a car and break into several houses before police caught up with him. Police said officers ordered him to drop the weapon, but that he was fired upon when he refused and approached them.

The Special Investigations Unit cleared the officer involved in the shooting, but in its report raised questions about whether officers should be trained differently for crisis situations.

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