Constable Percival Broderick Cummins
Toronto Metropolitan Police Service
Ontario
End of Watch: Wednesday, September 23, 1981

Biographical Info
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: 11 years
Badge Number: 2377

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Not available
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available

Constable Cummins was shot in the neck and died shortly after he and his partner Constable Michael Jones, 35, answered a routine call to investigate a disturbance at a house.

The officers confronted a man on the second floor of a three story house. A struggle ensued and the suspect somehow grabbed a gun belonging to one of the officers. Constable Cummins was hit in the neck and Constable Jones was hit in the hand before reinforcements arrived and shot the man when he aimed the weapon at them.

The suspect received severe abdominal wounds and was under arrest in hospital charged with first degree murder.

Constable Cummins had served with the agency for 11 years.