-UPDATE #1- SIOUX LOOKOUT OPP INVESTIGATING SERIOUS ASSAULT

Victim Pronounced Deceased

(SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON) - One person has been pronounced deceased in relation to an ongoing serious assault investigation in Sioux Lookout.

On Friday, August 22, 2025, shortly before 6:00 pm, officers from the Sioux Lookout Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a residence on Millar Crescent, where one person was located with life-threatening injuries and transported to the hospital.

On Friday, August 29, 2025, the individual, identified as 34-year-old Tyrone (Tye) Lawrence KAKEPETUM of Sioux Lookout, was pronounced deceased.  

A postmortem examination was conducted at the Ontario Forensic Pathology Services (OFPS) in Toronto. The incident remains under investigation.

The Sioux Lookout OPP Crime Unit is continuing this investigation under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner and the OFPS.

“Tyrone (Tye) Lawrence KAKEPETUM was a kind and giving person. We made a difficult decision to donate Tye’s organs to other families in need. We feel that was the right thing to do in his memory.”

• Family of Tyrone (Tye) Lawrence KAKEPETUM