One person dead after shooting during police response near Ottawa's ByWard Market
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One person is dead following a police-involved shooting in Ottawa's ByWard Market, according to Ontario's police watchdog.
One person is dead following a police-involved shooting in Ottawa's ByWard Market, according to Ontario's police watchdog.
The Special Investigations Unit says the Ottawa Police Service received a report of a man in the area of St. Patrick Street and Parent Avenue just after 2 p.m. on Sunday, "who was in possession of an edged weapon."
Officers located the man on St. Patrick Street, between Parent Avenue and Sussex Drive.
"There was an interaction, and two officers discharged their firearms. The man was struck," the SIU said, adding the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness told CTV News Ottawa they heard four gunshots.
"We had customers in and we heard four gunshots," Jean -Bergeron of Galerie D'art Jean-Claude-Bergeron Expositions said.
"I ran to the door and I saw a guy lying down on the street that had been shot."
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