The Particular Investigations Unit has launched an investigation after an Ontario Provincial Police officer shot a person with an anti-riot weapon on Friday night time in Huron County. Investigators say at round 3:30 p.m.
The Particular Investigations Unit has launched an investigation after an Ontario Provincial Police officer shot a person with an anti-riot weapon on Friday night time in Huron County.
Investigators say at round 3:30 p.m. officers had been known as to a residence in Seaforth in relation to a person in misery.
They are saying officers entered the residence and located the person and believed a knife was concerned.
One officer then fired an Anti-riot Weapon Enfield twice and the person was apprehended underneath the Psychological Well being Act.
Investigators say the 26-year-old man was taken to hospital however wasn’t significantly injured.
The SIU is asking for any info or footage that would assist with the investigation.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 21, 2024.
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