Ontario’s police watchdog was called in after a man was shot in Kitchener by a Waterloo Regional Police officer.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit says preliminary information suggests officers were called to the Strasburg Road and Ottawa Street area around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday about a man in distress.
Waterloo police say that when officers arrived, the man’s vehicle struck a police cruiser and that he allegedly threatened an officer with a weapon.
Police say the officer then shot the man.
The SIU says the man was transported to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case.
The SIU is automatically called to investigate incidents involving police where there is serious injury, death or allegations of sexual assault.
Correction: this copy initially reported that police said the man approached the officer with a gun when the SIU and Waterloo police described it as a weapon.
*With files from Canadian Press