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Medics rush patient to hospital after police shooting in Toronto

Medics have rushed someone to a trauma centre in serious condition after a police shooting in Toronto on Monday afternoon.

Toronto police said they were called to the area of Ellesmere Road and Warden Avenue just after 3 p.m., with the call initially logged as “unknown trouble.”

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Toronto police did not release other details, including the identity of the person who was shot or what occurred in the run-up to the shooting.

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Toronto paramedics told Global News they had also attended the scene, where a shooting had been reported. Medics took a patient to a local trauma centre in serious condition.

Police said a portion of Warden Avenue was closed after the incident.

Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), invoked its mandate to investigate the incident on Monday evening.

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