A friend of a man who was shot dead by Hamilton police over the weekend says his family is seeking answers after the province’s police watchdog indicated a gun battle had taken place between officers and the victim.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said that officers were dispatched to an apartment building on Main Street West in Hamilton on Saturday night at around 5 p.m., after a resident said they had been threatened by a man.
When officers reached the building, the SIU said they became involved with a suspect before two officers fired their guns at the man, and he was struck by a bullet.
He was then transported to hospital, where he died shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
Initially, on Saturday, the SIU reported that officers and the man had been involved in a gunfight and that an officer had been struck by a bullet as well, but they later clarified that the man had not …