The Special Investigations Unit has been called in to investigate after officers from the Peel Regional Police Service used less-lethal firearms on a teen.
Ontario’s police watchdog says the incident happened Sunday around 3:20 a.m. in the area of Oaklea Boulevard in Brampton.
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Officers were responding to a weapon-related call and a distressed 15-year-old boy with a knife, the SIU says.
It says two officers used anti-riot weapon enfield rounds and three other officers discharged stun guns on the 15-year-old.
He was taken to hospital without serious injuries, the police watchdog reports.
Three investigators have been assigned to the case, which is still in the early stages.
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