SIU investigating after a man and a Hamilton police officer seriously injured in shooting

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has been called in after a man and a police officer were injured during the course of an investigation in Hamilton on Saturday.

The SIU says Hamilton police were called to an apartment building on Main Street West around 5 p.m. after reports a man was acting in a threatening manner

“Hamilton Police Service officers made their way to the 5th floor of the building. At some point, they became involved in an interaction with a man. There was an exchange of gunfire, resulting in both the man and an officer suffering gunshot wounds,” the SIU said in a statement.

“The officer has been transported to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. An adult male has also been transported to hospital in life-threatening condition,” Hamilton police said in a separate social media post.

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person.