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SIU investigating fatal police-involved shooting in Hamilton

Emergency services on scene of a fatal police-involved shooting early Saturday morning. Jeremy Cohn / Global News

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting in Hamilton.

Police were called to an apartment building near King Street East and Wellington Street North around 1 a.m. Saturday for reports of a person with a knife.

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When authorities arrived, a 30-year-old woman was shot multiple times during an interaction with a police officer.

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She was transported to hospital where she later died, officials said.

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The SIU is currently speaking to witnesses and police officers who were involved.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the SIU at 1-800-787-8529.

The SIU is a police watchdog agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegation of sexual assault.

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