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Machete-Wielding Man Shot By Police In Windsor

The province’s police oversight agency is investigating after a man who was allegedly carrying a machete was shot by a police officer in downtown Windsor.

The Special Investigations Unit said officers were called to the area of Wyandotte Street West and Ouellette Avenue Monday afternoon after receiving a report about a person with a weapon.

Following an interaction with officers, one officer shot a 70-year-old man with a Taser and another officer shot the man with his firearm.

The man was taken to hospital and later died.

The SIU is a provincial oversight agency that investigates incidents involving police officers that have resulted in death, serious injuries, discharge of a firearm at a person, or allegations of sexual assault.