TORONTO — A Toronto police officer who was shot and seriously injured is expected to survive, the city's police chief said Wednesday, after gunfire broke out when investigating officers tried to stop a vehicle in a bustling midtown neighbourhood.
TORONTO — A Toronto police officer who was shot and seriously injured is expected to survive, the city's police chief said Wednesday, after gunfire broke out when investigating officers tried to stop a vehicle in a bustling midtown neighbourhood.Chief Myron Demkiw said he was at the hospital on Wednesday night to support the injured officer and his family. Demkiw described the officer's injuries as serious but non-life-threatening.
Police say the shooting took place around 5:30 p.m. after officers stopped a vehicle while conducting an investigation near Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue. A large police presence converged Wednesday night on a laneway connecting Lillian Street and Redpath Avenue, just southeast of the bustling midtown intersection.
An officer fired a gun at the initial scene, but a suspect was not hit, the province's police watchdog said. The Special Investigations Unit is mandated to investigate any time an officer fires a gun at a person. Wednesday night's violence had her reconsidering whether it was time to move out of the city, she said.Coun. Mike Colle, a city councillor and deputy mayor, called the shooting"unnerving" and"disgusting."The shooting led to rush-hour chaos in a busy part of the city, with sirens blaring, a stretch of a major thoroughfare shut down and traffic gridlock.
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