Suspect in London, Ont., police manhunt shot dead, police watchdog investigating
CBC
The province's police watchdog is investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who was the suspect in a three-hour police search that shocked residents of a normally quiet suburb in London, Ont., Friday morning.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the man was struck by a bullet during an interaction with London police officers. They said a police firearm was discharged after the man was found in the garage of a house in the Pond Mills neighbourhood.
A resident was sent to hospital with a gunshot wound caused by the suspect, police said. The suspect and resident didn't know each other, officers added.
It was a dramatic conclusion to an indecent that drew a large police presence to the neighbourhood at around 8:30 a.m. Friday, when police were called to Edmunds Crescent after a man tried to steal a vehicle from someone on the street. He was reportedly armed with a gun.
Police continued to get numerous 911 calls a man with a gun going through the backyards of homes on Glenroy Road, south of Commissioners Road.
The search concluded just before lunch, with both the suspect and one other person in hospital. The SIU has assigned four investigators and two forensic investigators to the case.
The SIU investigates when officers are involved in incidents that lead to injury or death.
M.J Macera came home Friday morning after a night shift as a critical care nurse at Victoria Hospital and expected to finish up some chores before crawling into bed and getting some much-needed rest.
Instead, she looked out her window and saw her neighbours cowering behind a team of heavily-armed police officers pointing their weapons at her home. When she heard a loud bang, she dove to the ground for cover.
"It sounded like a gunshot coming through my sliding glass door and then some random guy's voice was freaking out," Macera told CBC News hours after the ordeal. "I thought, 'He had a gun and I might get shot.'"
On normally-quiet suburban street, Macera said she stayed hidden as she heard an intruder rummaging through her home, where she runs a beauty business.
"What was racing through my head was that I need to get out of the house because I didn't want my kids not to have a mom if I got shot," she said, breaking down in tears. "I ran out the door."
Moving to Canada from Singapore meant losing close social connections for Iris Akbar, but Akbar says the gift was in finding an affirming space with friends that became like family.
Women and children staying at Regina Transition House now have access to Santa’s workshop — a safe space where mothers can choose Christmas gifts for their children.
A man from Powell River, B.C., is thankful to be alive after a stranger helped him while he was choking at a restaurant during a visit to Whistler.
When it comes to Hamilton readers' favourite library books of 2025, romance and mysteries are in close competition.
From the Detroit Lions losing to Apple iPhones that spontaneously update, Windsorites had things that bugged them this year.
Calgary emergency rooms are “in a state of critical overcapacity” ahead of the anticipated peak of flu season — and to cope with the surge and wait-room crowding, officials are urging doctors to speed up their decisions on whether to admit patients, according to a memo obtained by CBC News.
Northern Ontario's highway system needs improvements in order to make travel safer, a highway safety advocate said.
Hundreds of thousands of used tires are piling up across Ontario as some companies responsible for tire recycling have stopped processing tires amid reduced provincial recycling regulations for tire producers, industry experts say.
People in Guelph facing homelessness will soon have a new place to go during the day.
Islanders are reminded to plan their rides ahead of holiday festivities if they plan on drinking alcohol or using cannabis.
Even before Gwen Healey Akearok began her new role as Nunavut’s Minister of Family Services, she was tuning into the Office of the Auditor General’s (OAG) hearings on the state of the Family Services department.
The racial reckoning of the COVID era saw Canada grapple with its checkered past — a process that led to statues of some foundational figures being removed, in some instances by force.
Holiday traditions are front and centre for many people at this time of year. But one Uxbridge family's Christmas tradition goes above and beyond the standard Christmas carols or holiday party.