Police-involved shooting in Niagara Falls sends 1 person to hospital in life-threatening condition
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has been called in to investigate a police-involved shooting in Niagara Falls.
Niagara Regional Police said the call about the shooting in the area of Stanley Avenue and Peer Street came in at 11:15 a.m.
The shooting, police said, involved members of the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE), which is operated by the Ontario Provincial Police.
'We can confirm that no NRPS officers were directly involved in the incident. However, NRPS officers did assist in the response,' they said in a news release.
A spokesperson for Niagara Region said paramedics transported a male patient to a local hospital in life-threatening condition.
The SIU is called in when the actions of police resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault, and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person.
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