Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot and injured by police after he allegedly injured multiple people with a weapon in Ottawa's east end Friday night. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says officers with the Ottawa Police Service responded to a call about a man with a weapon who was assaulting people and damaging vehicles in the area of St. Joseph Boulevard and Place d’Orleans Drive at approximately 11:15 p.
m. "Police confronted the man. An officer shot the man multiple times," the SIU said in a media release on Saturday.
"Two conducted energy weapons were deployed." The SIU says the man was arrested and taken to hospital. Four civilians were injured and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
SIU told CTV News Ottawa it is believed they were injured by the man. As of Saturday morning, SIU investigators remain at the scene, which spans across three parking lots and a secondary road on Place d'Orleans Boulevard..
The SIU is investigating the officer discharging a firearm at the man, according to an SIU spokesperson. Five investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case. Anyone with information about the incident, including dashcam footage is asked to call the SIU investigator at 1-800-787-8529.
The Ottawa Police Service is conducting a parallel investigation into the alleged assaults of the four people in the area. More to come Ottawa Top Stories SIU investigating police-involved shooting in Orleans Hock.
