Man dead, woman injured in police-involved shooting in Brantford

Описание: The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has invoked its mandate after a 33-year-old man was shot and killed by Brantford police early Friday morning.

The SIU tells CHCH News Brantford police were initially called to a house in the north end of the city for a domestic disturbance.

“The call came at about 2:30 a.m. And it was a disturbance at a residence on Palomino Drive. And what followed that was there were a number of emergency response team members who came to the scene and there were some negotiations with a male in the residence,” said Kristy Denette, spokesperson for the SIU.

The SIU tells us the man was barricaded inside the house with his wife. Police were negotiating with him at the time when something happened that forced them to go inside the home where he was shot by three different officers.

“There were EMS who tried to provide some life saving measures. Unfortunately the man was pronounced deceased at the scene,” said Denette.

Denette says the woman inside the house at the time was injured, but wouldn’t say if her husband stabbed her.

“It’s a little too early for me to say but I can say that there was a man and woman involved, and there was a disturbance. And then there was a sharp edged knife that was involved. And the woman sustained some injuries and she is in hospital. So that’s what I can tell you right now,” said Denette.

Officials say her injuries aren’t life threatening.

Neighbours in the area tell CHCH News that the couple had lived in the home for three years and they had never seen them have any issues.

“It really scares me. That’s scary because we’re not in a vicinity where we get a lot of this stuff. It really is crazy. I don’t really know the people,” said a neighbour.

“I’ve never seen it around here. It’s a lot of families so it’s rare for it to be in this neighborhood,” said another neighbour.

The SIU tells us that the officers were wearing body cameras and there is footage of the shooting.

An autopsy of the man’s body is scheduled for Sunday. No Brantford police officers were injured.

The SIU has invoked its mandate and will continue the investigation from this point. It invokes its mandate to investigate the conduct of police officers that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault or the discharge of a weapon.