The province's police watchdog is investigating after an officer-involved shooting overnight in Brampton, Ont. on Wednesday.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said that a Peel police officer conducted a traffic stop in the Kensington Road and Bramalea Road area at around 1:45 a.m.
As the officer approached the vehicle, the male passenger fled by foot and the officer gave chase, the SIU said in a news release Wednesday.
"There was an interaction, and the officer discharged his firearm in the direction of the man two times," the release read. "The man was not struck."
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The man continued to flee, but was apprehended after the incident, according to the SIU.
According to Peel police, the man was wanted for various firearm-related offences and was taken into custody.
"While the 29-year-old man did not suffer any serious injury, the SIU’s mandate was invoked because - as per the Special Investigations Unit Act, 2019 - an officer had discharged a firearm," the SIU said.
Three investigators and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case.
The SIU is asking anyone with information about the investigation to contact them directly.
Eleanor Yuneun Park is a journalist at CBC Toronto. She previously worked as a Content Editor at the Globe & Mail. She has an honours bachelor of arts in English and Religion from the University of Toronto. You can reach her at [email protected].
