Cop in hospital after being shot in midtown Toronto; shooter in custody
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Three suspects are now in custody, including the person who police say shot and injured an officer during a robbery investigation in midtown Toronto on Wednesday afternoon.
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Three suspects are now in custody, including the person who police say shot and injured an officer during a robbery investigation in midtown Toronto on Wednesday afternoon.
The incident occurred near Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue around 5:30 p.m.
Police said several officers stopped a vehicle, and shortly after, one officer was shot. A video obtained by CTV News Toronto appears to show the injured officer sitting in a van stopped in the back of a building and being tended to by his fellow officers.
Shortly, paramedics arrive, and the officer is loaded into an ambulance. He was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital.
Speaking to reporters at the hospital, Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw said the officer was shot in the abdomen, and his injuries are not life-threatening.
