York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween is speaking out following community backlash surrounding the police response to a violent home invasion that claimed the life of 46-year-old Abdul Aleem Farooqi.

Around 1 a.m. on Aug. 31, investigators were called to the Farooqi residence in Vaughan for reports of a home invasion. When they arrived, officers located Farooqi suffering from trauma to his body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

CityNews first reported that Farooqi was killed in front of his children during the invasion.

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