Ontario police watchdog investigates shots fired by Hamilton officer

UPDATE:

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a Hamilton police officer shot at a man early Thursday morning.

The Special Investigations Unit says a Hamilton police officer found a person of interest around 1 a.m. in the area of Main St. East and Victoria Ave. South.

The 44-year-old man ran away when the officer tried to engage with him. Police followed the man and notified other officers on the location of the man and that he may have had a firearm.

Hamilton police contained the man in a parking lot on East Ave. North between King William St. and King St. East.

Multiple officers had to taser the man during the interaction. Another officer shot at the man, but he was not hit. The man was then arrested and charged with firearm-related offences.

East Ave. North was closed Thursday morning as the SIU investigated.

ORIGINAL:

East Ave. North is closed Thursday as Ontario’s police watchdog investigates a firearm incident.

One van for the Special Investigations Unit and at least five Hamilton police vehicles were on scene early in the morning.

Hamilton police tell CHCH News they were first called around 1 a.m. to the area Main St. East and Victoria St. South.

Officers say a suspect has been arrested and charged with firearm-related offences.

A number of evidence markers can be seen in a municipal parking lot between a low-rise apartment building and a house on East Ave. North.

Investigators were taking photos of the markers early in the morning.

More to come.