17-year-old boy fatally shot by police in Ontario during gunfire exchange: SIU [Video]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a teenage suspect who was shot by York Regional Police officers in Aurora on Wednesday night.

The Special Investigations Unit says someone called police to report a break-and-enter at a home on Downey Circle before 8 p.m.

The SIU says there was an exchange of gunfire between the 17-year-old and four officers after they arrived.

The watchdog says the teen was shot multiple times and he died at the scene, while a police officer suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital.

The SIU says five investigators and three forensic investigators have been assigned to the case, with the post-mortem scheduled for Friday morning in Toronto.

Ontario’s police watchdog handles cases involving police in which someone is killed or injured.

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