Investigation triggered after after Mounties shoot Norway House man with less-lethal firearm: IIU

Manitoba's police watchdog is investigating after officers shot a man with a less-lethal firearm who had barricaded himself inside a home in Norway House First Nation on Wednesday night.

It happened after RCMP were called to a home in the community just after 7 p.m., according to a news release from the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba.

When they got there, officers found two men had barricaded themselves inside.

Police attempted to take the men into custody and fired a round from an extended range impact weapon (a type of gun that can be fired from farther away thanstandard firearms and is considered "less lethal" thanstandard firearms)thathit one of the men in the torso, the news release says.

The police watchdog is mandated to investigate any injury resulting from police use of a firearm.

Witnesses or other individuals who have information or video footage about this incident are asked to contact the IIU at 1-844-667-6060.