Suspect in London, Ont., police manhunt shot dead, police watchdog investigating
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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."
This First Person column is the experience of Shannon Flaman, who lives in Red Deer, Alta. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
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