The province’s police watchdog is investigating a shooting at a Brantford, Ont. gas station parking lot where an officer fired off rounds early Friday morning.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says the Brantford police officer discharged his firearm “several times” around 3:30 a.m while checking out a “white van of interest” at the Petro Canada gas station on Fairview Drive and West Street.
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The man fled the scene in his vehicle and would later be arrested at a Roy Boulevard location.
“Shortly after, a 43-year-old man was arrested,” SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon said in a statement. “The man was not struck or injured as a result of the firearm discharge. He was taken to hospital.”
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Hudon says five investigators in total, including two forensic investigators, have been assigned to the case.
Brantford police spokesperson Robin Matthews-Osmond said the 43-year-old, ‘a non-Brantford resident,’ has not yet been charged in the occurrence.
There were no reported injuries from the occurrence, says Matthews-Osmond.
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