Man killed in Ontario police shooting did not fire weapon: SIU
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The SIU says officers became involved with a suspect before two officers fired their guns at the man and he was struck by a bullet.
Ontario’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate the death of a man who was shot by officers in Hamilton over the weekend.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says that officers were dispatched to an apartment building on Main Street West after a resident said they had been threatened by a man.
When officers reached the building, the SIU says they became involved with a suspect before two officers fired their guns at the man, and he was struck by a bullet.
He was then transported to hospital where he died shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
Initially on Saturday, the SIU reported that officers and the man had been involved in a gunfight and that an officer had been struck by a bullet as well, but they later clarified that the man had not shot a gun.
The police watchdog says that an officer was hurt, and needed to be treated in hospital for minor injuries before being released.
The SIU says that a post-mortem is scheduled for Monday morning in Toronto.
The two officers who fired their weapons are now under investigation; two other officers have been identified as witnesses, the SIU said.
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