Ottawa Police Shooting Incident Under Investigation
A 33-year-old man is in critical-stable condition after being shot by police following alleged assaults in Ottawa's east end.
- Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is probing the police shooting of a man suspected of assaulting multiple people and damaging vehicles.
- Four civilians were injured during the incident and have been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
- The confrontation occurred after Ottawa police received emergency calls about a man with a weapon in a shopping plaza.
- Officers reportedly used firearms and two stun guns to subdue the suspect, who was then taken to the hospital.
- Both the SIU and Ottawa police are conducting separate investigations into the shooting and the alleged assaults.