The province's police watchdog has been called in to investigate a double shooting in Toronto on Tuesday afternoon involving plainclothes police officers from Halton Region west of the city.
The Special Investigations Unit says a criminal defence lawyer was leaving his law office in the Bloor St. and Avenue Rd. area just after 3:30 p.m. when he was shot by a man in the office driveway.
Plainclothes Halton Region officers were conducting surveillance in the area and the SIU says one of them shot the man who opened fire on the lawyer.
The SIU says the 51-year-old man shot by the officers is in serious condition in hospital after undergoing surgery and the 66-year-old lawyer is in another hospital recovering from gunshot wounds to his legs.
The SIU says it has designated one subject officer and four witness officers in this investigation. Eight investigators and three forensic investigators have also been assigned to the case.
The agency investigates all incidents involving police which involve death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
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