Watchdog says 2 are dead after police involved shooting in downtown Ottawa
OTTAWA — Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a series of three shootings — one involving a police officer — that left two people dead in downtown Ottawa.
Special Investigations Unit spokesman Jason Gennaro says an officer who was in the area at the time of the first shooting tried to arrest a man who he believed was involved in the incident.
Gennaro says the man fled, and a second person was shot.
The second person shot, a 43-year-old man, was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.