Gunshots rang out behind the Morrisburg OPP station today, and moments later a man lay prone on the ground as officers approached with guns drawn late this morning, Canadian media reports.
The OPP have now confirmed that the adult male sustained fatal injuries in an “altercation” with a police officer. The officer “is being treated for undetermined injuries,” the provincial police force’s corporate communications department said in a statement released at 4:15 p.m.
An investigation has been launched by the province’s Special Investigations Unit, mandated to look into fatalities involving police.