2 people stabbed, 24-year-old suspect shot by officer in North York: Toronto police

Ontario’s police watchdog has been called in after a Toronto officer shot a suspect accused of stabbing two people in the city’s north end Monday afternoon, authorities say.

According to a Toronto Police Service message on X, the incident happened just before 3:30 p.m. near Jane Street and Shoreham Drive and south of Steeles Avenue West.

The post said officers were called to the area for reports of a person carrying a knife. It said two people were subsequently found with stab wounds, and one of the victims was taken to a hospital. It’s unclear how severe their injuries were.

At some point after the victims were found, the post said a male suspect carrying an “edged weapon” was shot by a police officer.

The Toronto Police Service update said the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), the Ontario watchdog that investigates serious incidents involving police officers, invoked its mandate to probe the incident.

The SIU later confirmed that police responded to reports of an individual who allegedly stabbed two family members.

In a media release on Monday night, they say the suspect was taken to a hospital, but there is no information on the severity of the 24-year-old man’s injuries.

A Toronto Paramedics spokesperson told CityNews crews took two patients with serious and potentially life-threatening injuries to a hospital while a third patient was transported in non-life-threatening condition.

Toronto police say two officers had minor injuries, but it’s not known how they were injured.