A 49-year-old man who died as a result of police gunfire in the Port Lands earlier this week was buried in Mississauga Saturday, as family and friends tried to make sense of the death.

Wieslaw Duda, who was a father of two, died early Monday morning.

Those close to Duda recalled that he suffered from schizophrenia and had been taking medication before his death.

After the man's death, the scene of the shooting on Monday was marked by 44 yellow markers on the ground, many of which indicated that numerous shell casings had been fired.

At the funeral Saturday, friends like Bob Walczena questioned the circumstances of the death, including the number of shots fired.

"Hard to believe for an unarmed man sitting in a car … that police would shoot (so many) times," said Walczena.

The confrontation unfolded after police were told that a possible impaired driver was operating a vehicle in the area of Queen Street East early Monday, CTV's John Musselman reports.

After a short pursuit, police say the car turned on Leslie Street and drove towards the city's port. Police picked up the pursuit near Cherry and Commissioners Streets.

It was at that location that the car allegedly hit one of the officers at about 1:30 a.m. as the car was attempting to avoid a roadblock. It is believed that officers opened fire after the incident.

The province's Special Investigations Unit has been brought in to investigate.

Duda was buried at Assumption Cemetery. Instead of giving flowers, his family asked that donations be made to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.