Ontario’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate after a suspect in a home invasion was shot by police in a schoolyard in Scarborough.
The Special Investigations Unit said the incident happened around 11 p.m. on Friday after police were called to the scene of a home invasion on Benshire Drive in Toronto’s east end.
SIU spokesperson Jason Gennaro said when officers arrived and saw people fleeing into an elementary school, they pursued them on foot into the schoolyard.
A suspect drew a firearm on the officers and a 25-year-old man was shot by police.
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The man was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
It was originally reported that two officers were injured but Gennarro said there were no injuries to police during the incident.
Police said the other suspects are still at large.
Gennarro said he will be speaking to police to see if there is a public safety issue.
The SIU has assigned five investigators and three forensic investigators to the investigation.
The SIU is an arm’s length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
—With files from The Canadian Press
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