An trade of gunfire at a west-end Hamilton condominium constructing Saturday resulted in each a police officer and a person in his 30s being transported to hospital with bullet wounds, says Ontario’s police watchdog.
The Particular Investigations Unit (SIU) stated it is investigating the taking pictures that passed off round 5 p.m. at an condominium constructing on Foremost Avenue West.
Hamilton police have been known as to the constructing after a resident reported a person was appearing in a “threatening method,” stated the SIU in a information launch.
Officers went to the fifth flooring and “sooner or later, they turned concerned in an interplay with a person,” the SIU stated.
“There was an trade of gunfire, leading to each the person and officer struggling gunshot wounds,” stated the information launch.
Police have been on scene after a person and officer have been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. (Andrew Collins)
Six SIU investigators and two forensic investigators are wanting into what occurred.
The SIU is an impartial authorities company that investigates the conduct of law enforcement officials in incidents which will have resulted in loss of life, severe harm, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm at an individual.
Hamilton police posted on social media Saturday that the officer was confronted by a person with a gun.
The officer sustained non-life-threatening accidents, whereas the person was in a life-threatening situation, Hamilton police stated.
