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SIU investigating Mississauga shooting involving Peel Region police

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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Ontario’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate a shooting incident in Mississauga.

The Special Investigations Unit says Peel Regional Police officers responded to a call (at Golden Orchard Drive and Grand Forks Road) just after one o’clock this morning.

The SIU says there was an interaction between the officers and a 26-year-old man, and the man was shot.

Investigators say he was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto for treatment of injuries described as not life-threatening.

Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case.

No other details have been released.

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