Man found dead following shootout with police leads to investigation in Ontario [Video]

Ontario’s police watchdog says it’s investigating the death of a man who was involved in an exchange of gunfire with police in cottage country.

The Special Investigations Unit says police responded to a call in Minden Hills on Sunday about a man who had left his property with a firearm.

The SIU says Ontario Provincial Police arrived in the area of Highway 1 and Highway 17, where an officer and the man who had taken cover in the bushes exchanged gunfire.

It says the 60-year-old man was found dead and his injury was determined to be self-inflicted.

The OPP says they responded to a disturbance call at a residence on Gelert Road, and they discharged a firearm during the “interaction.”

They say they can’t provide any further information as …