Ontario’s police watchdog has launched an investigation after a Halton police officer shot a man in Burlington, Ont., on Tuesday night.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says the incident involved several officers who were engaging with a 43-year-old man during a disturbance call at an apartment complex in the area of Dynes Road and Prospect Street.
Investigators say officers interacted with a man brandishing a gun, and at one point a Halton officer discharging his firearm at the man.
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After being struck, the man was arrested and taken to a local hospital.
The SIU says it has assigned three investigators and one forensic investigator to the case.