COLLINGWOOD, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a provincial police officer fatally shot a man in Collingwood, Ont.
The Special Investigations Unit says Ontario Provincial Police officers responded Wednesday to a report of a man barricaded in a home armed with a gun.
It says as officers were setting up a perimeter, the man came out with a firearm and a police officer zapped him with a Taser.
Investigators say when that didn't stop the man the same officer shot him.
The 29-year-old man who investigators have not identified was pronounced dead in hospital.
The unit is an independent civilian agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 9, 2020.
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