Toronto Police responded to experiences of an individual ‘armed with a firearm,’ positioned a suspect and one officer subsequently opened fireplace
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A person who was allegedly armed with a gun was shot lifeless by cops on the Danforth Go station early Saturday.
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Toronto Police say the lethal confrontation unfolded when officers responded to “experiences of an individual with a gun” on the Go station –close to Danforth Ave. and Main St. – round 1:40 a.m.
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A person was positioned who was “armed with a firearm” and he was shot, police alleged in a press release posted on X.
The sufferer was rushed to hospital with life-threatening accidents.
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Police had been unable to offer any additional particulars as a result of the province’s Special Investigations Unit invoked its mandate.
However, SIU spokesperson Monica Hudon spoke to reporters on the scene Saturday and confirmed the person suffered “a number of” gunshot wounds and was pronounced lifeless on the hospital.
“An particular person contacted police to report that there was an individual armed with a gun on the Go station,” she mentioned.
Hudon mentioned officers responded and rapidly positioned a “particular person of curiosity” in a stairwell resulting in a prepare platform.
“There was an interplay and one officer discharged his firearm on the man a number of instances,” she mentioned.
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SIU investigators collected two firearms from the scene, one from the officer who opened fireplace and the opposite believed to have been within the possession of the sufferer, Hudon defined.
She mentioned one topic official and 4 witness officers have been designated, and SIU investigators can be reviewing video footage of the encounter.
“Our understanding is that there’s CCTV footage that reveals what occurred, in addition to Toronto Police body-worn digicam footage, which we may even be amassing,” Hudon mentioned.
The lifeless man’s identify and age weren’t instantly launched.
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The Toronto Police Association issued a press release on X saying TPA President Clayton Campbell and Director Ron Tait attended the scene following the capturing to “assist our members.”
“No police officer begins their shift wanting or intending to make use of pressure,” the TPA mentioned. “But when the general public calls, they reply to harmful, unpredictable conditions and make cut up second selections so as to preserve everybody secure, together with themselves.”
“As the SIU investigates, we are going to proceed to assist our members all through this course of,” the TPA added.
While the police-involved capturing was being investigated, Metrolinx suggested that trains would bypass the Danforth GO station till additional discover.
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