Peel Regional Police say a man is in serious condition after he was shot by police on Wednesday morning in Brampton.
The incident happened at around 9:50 a.m. near Malta Avenue and Ray Lawson Boulevard.
Paramedics told Global News the 35-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
No officers were injured in the incident. It’s unclear what led to the shooting.
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Kristy Denette, a spokesperson with the Special Investigations Unit — Ontario’s police watchdog — told reporters at the scene police were called for a family dispute at an apartment building.
“Officers arrived and entered the unit, and in a short time later the man approached officers. He had a knife and one officer discharged and fired a single shot,” she said.
“It struck the man, and he has been taken to Sunnybrook hospital with non-life threatening injuries.”
Const. Tyler Bell told reporters police have been to the unit where the shooting happened before.
“It’s unclear at this point if there’s a nexus between those interactions, (or) if it’s the same individual that we responded to in prior instances,” he said.
“But it’s obviously something top of mind for investigators here and for the SIU as well.”
The investigation is ongoing.
— with files from Aaron D’Andrea
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