Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 57-year-old man was fatally shot by a Windsor police officer on Friday.
Windsor police say officers responded to a report of a person with a weapon in the downtown area around 11 a.m.
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They say the suspect was shot by police during the incident.
Police say the suspect was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead.
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Windsor police say the Special Investigations Unit has launched an investigation.
The SIU said its investigators were heading to the scene of the shooting.
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