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SIU investigates death of man shot by police in Scarborough

Ontario’s police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man shot by a Toronto police officer in Scarborough on Monday.

The Special Investigations Unit said police received several 911 calls shortly after 3 p.m. about a man threatening motorists and behaving erratically in a roadway outside a medical building near Warden Avenue and Ellesmere Road. 

A police officer fired one shot at the man while another police officer Tasered him, according to the SIU.

The man was pronounced dead in hospital, the SIU said.

Body-worn camera footage will be collected from the police, it added.

Police said Warden Avenue is closed between Canadian and Ellesmere roads as the investigation continues.

Police have provided no other details.

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of police officers in incidents that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm at a person.

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