Two officers have sustained minor injuries and at least one person has serious injuries after a police-involved shooting in Toronto on Monday afternoon.
Around 3:30 p.m., Toronto police were called to the area of Jane Street and Shoreham Drive for reports of a person with a knife.
Police said that, when they arrived, they found two victims with stab wounds. One was taken to hospital, while officers also encountered a man with an edged weapon.
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The nature of the injuries, who was injured and how seriously remains unclear.
Police initially said there were two victims with stab wounds, two injured officers and a man who had been shot. It’s unclear if the man with the weapon also had a stab wound.
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A Toronto police spokesperson later clarified that both officers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Paramedics, however, told Global News they took two people to hospital with serious, possible life-threatening injuries. A third person had serious, non-life-threatening injuries.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which probes all police-involved shootings, said it had invoked its mandate and was heading to the scene.
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