An officer has been rushed to hospital via trauma run following an exchange of gunfire in the northwest end of the city, police say.
According to police, officers were conducting a search warrant at a building on Martha Eaton Way, in the area of Black Creek and Trethewey drives, at around 5:40 a.m. when there was an exchange of gunfire.
The officer was shot, police said, and was rushed to hospital for treatment.
Toronto paramedics say one other adult has been transported to hospital in critical condition.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) will be investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Police cruisers have lined the street surrounding the building and several officers are on scene. Members of the forensic unit have also arrived.
The exact location of the shooting is not clear but one woman told CP24 that she noticed blood on the floor in the lobby.
“It’s kind of scary because this is not the first time. Last year a little boy got shot here,” she told CP24.
Eight-year-old JahVai Roy was killed at the building when he was hit by a stray bullet while lying in bed with his mother in the early morning hours of Aug. 16.
