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SIU investigates after 57-year-old man fatally shot by Windsor police

A police vehicle is on the scene as trucks make their way to the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont., Monday, Oct.4, 2021. Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 57-year-old man was fatally shot by a Windsor police officer on Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rob Gurdebeke

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a 57-year-old man was fatally shot by a Windsor police officer on Friday.

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Windsor police say officers responded to a report of a person with a weapon in the downtown area around 11 a.m.

They say the suspect was shot by police during the incident.

Police say the suspect was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead.

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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