ORILLIA, Ont. — Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating after a police officer shot an 18-year-old in Orillia this morning.
The Special Investigations unit says the shooting happened after an Ontario Provincial Police officer spotted a suspected impaired driver around 4:15 a.m.
The SIU says the officer tried to stop the vehicle, but the car fled to a parking lot where it collided with a light and two other vehicles.
Officers tried to arrest two males inside the vehicle, but a struggle ensued and the SIU says an officer shot one of them.
It says both vehicle occupants were apprehended and taken to hospital.
Anyone with information, photos or videos of the incident is being urged to contact the SIU, which investigates incidents involving police in which someone is killed, injured or accused of sexual assault.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 20, 2022.
