1 dead, 1 hurt in police shooting north of Toronto: SIU

One manis dead and another is critically injured after a shooting by four South Simcoe police officers in Innisfil on Thursday, according to Ontario's Special Investigations Unit.

The man who died and the man who is injured are both 19 years old.

In a news release on Thursday, the SIU said the South Simcoe Police were called to a homeon Shoreview Drive in the town, about 75 kilometres north of Toronto, for a family dispute at about 3 p.m.

"Officers arrived and there was an interaction involving the two men outside the residence," the SIU said in the release.

"Four officers discharged their firearms at the men."

Both men were taken to hospital in Barrie, where one was pronounced dead, the SIU said. The other manhas been transferred to a hospital in Toronto, the SIU added.

Originally, the SIUsaid the two were youths, but clarified later to say they were 19-year-olds.

The South Simcoe Police Service said in a news release earlier thatits officers responded to a "violent incident" at a residential address in Innisfil and that an "altercation" occurred between the officers and men.

The South Simcoe police have requested that the Ontario Provincial Policeconduct a parallel investigation in the incident. They said they could not comment further because the SIU has invoked its mandate.

The SIU has assigned four investigators and two forensic investigatorsto the case.

SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette told CBC Toronto video captured by body-worn cameras of the officers involved in the shooting will be part of the investigation.

The SIUis an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of police officers that may have resulted in death, injury or the discharge of a firearm, or led to allegations of sexual assault.